Population Ecology Practice 2024

The maximum number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support sustainably.

Carrying capacity.

Logistic growth model.

Populations of other organisms that rely on the same resources may increase.

Factors that affect population size in relation to the population's density, such as competition, predation, and disease.

Factors that affect population size regardless of the population's density, such as natural disasters.

Density-dependent limiting factors will cause the population to decrease back below carrying capacity.

A growth pattern where the population size increases rapidly in proportion to the current size, typically when resources are unlimited.

A growth pattern where the population size increases rapidly at first and then levels off as it approaches the carrying capacity.

Predators can regulate the population size of their prey, contributing to the balance of ecosystems.