Population Ecology

A group of individuals belonging to the same species living in the same general area at the same time.

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biosphere

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Study of populations in relation to environment, including environmental influences on density and distribution, age structure, and population size.

• population ecology

• community ecology

• ecosystem ecology

• biosphere ecology

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Number of individuals per unit area or volume.

• denisty

• dispersion

• survivorship

• immigration

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

The pattern of spacing among individuals within the boundaries of the population.

• dispersion

• density

• immigration

• survivorship

New individuals move into a population.

• immigration

• emigration

• migration

• survivorship

When individuals in a population move out or away.

• emigration

• immigration

• migration

• dispersion

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

A good way to estimate the population size.

• mark-recapture

• count everyone of them

• satellites

• cameras

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Processes that add individuals to a population.

• birth and immigration

• death and emigration

Processes that remove individuals from a population.

• death and emigration

• birth and immigration

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Individuals gather in patches, influenced by resource availability and behavior.

• clumped dispersion

• random dispersion

• uniform dispersion

• isolated dispersion

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-8