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A group of individuals belonging to the same species living in the same general area at the same time.
population
community
ecosystem
biosphere
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Study of populations in relation to environment, including environmental influences on density and distribution, age structure, and population size.
population ecology
community ecology
ecosystem ecology
biosphere ecology
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Number of individuals per unit area or volume.
denisty
dispersion
survivorship
immigration
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The pattern of spacing among individuals within the boundaries of the population.
dispersion
density
immigration
survivorship
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New individuals move into a population.
immigration
emigration
migration
survivorship
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When individuals in a population move out or away.
emigration
immigration
migration
dispersion
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A good way to estimate the population size.
mark-recapture
count everyone of them
satellites
cameras
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Processes that add individuals to a population.
birth and immigration
death and emigration
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Processes that remove individuals from a population.
death and emigration
birth and immigration
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Individuals gather in patches, influenced by resource availability and behavior.
clumped dispersion
random dispersion
uniform dispersion
isolated dispersion
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Individuals are evenly distributed, influenced by interactions between organisms in the population.
uniform dispersion
random dispersion
clumped dispersion
isolated dispersion
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Position of each individual is independent of other individuals, occurs in the absence of strong attractions or repulsion's.
random dispersion
clumped dispersion
uniform dispersion
isolated dispersion
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Study of the vital statistics of a population and how they change over time.
demography
ecology
biology
archaeology
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An age-specific summary of the survival pattern of a population, it is best made by following the fate of a COHORT.
life table
death table
birth table
migration table
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A group of individuals of the same age.
cohort
bunch
clumped
high school students
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A graphic way of representing the data in a life table.
survivorship curve
exponential growth curve
logistic growth curve
lag phase
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How many types of survivorship curves are there?
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Survivorship curve represented with low death rates during early and middle life, then an increase among older age groups, a good example are humans.
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type IV
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Survivorship curve represented by a death rate that is constant over organism’s life span, squirrels and songbirds are good examples.
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Survivorship curve represented by high death rates for the young, then a slower death rate for survivors, good examples are fish and frogs.
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