Population Ecology Vocab Review

The study of how complex interactions between biotic and abiotic factors influence variations in population size

• population dynamics

• population density

• primary succession

• limiting factor

conditions in the environment that put limits on where an organism can live

• population dynamics

• population density

• primary succession

• limiting factor

Number of individuals per unit area

• population dynamics

• population density

• primary succession

• limiting factor

Ecological succession that begins in an area where no biotic community previously existed.

• population dynamics

• population density

• primary succession

• limiting factor

A stable, mature community that undergoes little or no change in species over time is a ​ (a)  

• pioneer species
• secondary succession
• limiting factor
• climax community

The first species to populate an area that has never supported life​ ​ (a)  

• pioneer species
• secondary succession
• limiting factor
• climax community

Succession following a disturbance that destroys a community without destroying the soil​ ​ ​ (a)  

• pioneer species
• secondary succession
• limiting factor
• climax community

Match the following

• carrying capacity

• movement of individuals into an area

• emigration

• movement of individuals out of an area

• immigration

• largest number of individuals in a population that the environment can support