1. Chapter 14

2.  What is a population?  A group of individuals of the same species that live in a given area  Area is defined. Ex. Voter population could be just Spearfish or United States  Population Ecology  Changes in a population and the biotic and abiotic factors that influence those changes

3. Organism Population Community Ecosystem

5.  Population density  # ind of a population/ unit area or volume  Clumped dispersion  Uniform dispersion  Random dispersion

6. a) Clumped b) Uniform c) Random

7. Maximized rate with perfect conditions Growth rate (G) = rN = average rate of increase per individual in the population X pop size Population size increases exponentially Population can outstrip its resources and crash

10. Resource availability limits population growth. Population growth following the logistic model stabilizes around the carrying capacity (K) of the environment. G = rN(K-N)/K (K-N)/K = the closer N comes to the carrying capacity, the slower the rate of growth

13.  A) all of the microorganisms on your skin  B) all of the species of cichlid fish in Lake Victoria  C) all of the students in your classroom  D) all students attending colleges and universities in your state  E) the various plants found in prairies in the western United States

14.  A) geologists.  B) ecologists.  C) population ecologists.  D) geographers.  E) population geneticists.

18. Cockroach population - influenced by short generation time - high reproductive rate (females lay lots of eggs) Sustainability research helps give insight into how to control populations. - mature female individuals contribute most to population growth - target females for biggest impact

19. Types of survivorship curves: I = most individuals live to old age II = equal probability of dying through out life span III = rapid die off of young, few individuals live to old age

25.  A) 0  B) 2  C) 10 to 20  D) 100  E) more than 100

26.  A) It will decrease by 70%.  B) It will increase by 1%.  C) It will increase by 5%.  D) It will increase by 70%.  E) It will increase by 100%.