FA22 BioCh05 Vocab

Number of individuals per unit area.

• population density
• age structure
• emigration
• logistic growth
• None

Describes the way individuals are spaced out across their range.

• population distribution
• immigration
• exponential growth
• carrying capacity
• None

The number of males and females of each age in a population.

• age structure
• emigration
• logistic growth
• limiting factor
• None

Movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population.

• immigration
• exponential growth
• carrying capacity
• density-dependent limiting factor
• None

Movement of individuals out of an area.

• emigration
• logistic growth
• limiting factor
• density-independent limiting factor
• None

Growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate.

• exponential growth
• carrying capacity
• density-dependent limiting factor
• demography
• None

Growth pattern in which a population's growth slows and then stops following a period of exponential growth.

• logistic growth
• limiting factor
• density-independent limiting factor
• demographic transition
• None

Largest number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support.

• carrying capacity
• density-dependent limiting factor
• demography
• population density
• None

Factor that causes population growth to decrease.

• limiting factor
• density-independent limiting factor
• demographic transition
• population distribution
• None

Limiting factor that depends on population density.

• density-dependent limiting factor
• demography
• population density
• age structure
• None