Population Ecology Flashcard

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The number of individuals per unit area for a given species is known as

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Population density

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Density-independent limiting factors include: Predation, Competition, Hurricanes, Parasitism

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Hurricanes

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A limiting factor that depends on population size is called

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Density-dependent limiting factor

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What is the number of individuals living in a given area?

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Population density

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An environmental factor such as predation, disease, and competition that depends on the number of members in a population per unit

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density-dependent factor

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What is the number of individuals that can be supported by the environment?

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Carrying capacity

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Which factor is most likely to cause the number of rabbits living in an area to increase? Options: less water, lack of shelter, fewer predators, limited food

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fewer predators

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What is the carrying capacity of the graph? Options: around 500, around 600, around 15, around 30

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around 500

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Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.

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a limiting factor

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Exponential growth is representative of a population in an environment with ________________ resources.

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plenty of