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12 Cards in this Set
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Population |
all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country. |
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Population Density |
is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume |
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Population model |
type of mathematicalmodel that is applied to the study of population dynamics |
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Carrying capacity |
he number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation. |
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Logistic Model |
a model of population growth that assumes that finite resourse levels limit population growth |
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r-strategist |
A species that is adapted for living in an environment where changes are rapid and unpredictable
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Population size |
the number of individual organisms in a population |
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Dispersion |
The process of separating a wave (light wave) of different frequencies
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Exponential Growth Curve |
that increases at a consistent rate |
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Density Dependent Factor |
a variable affected by the number of organisms present in a given area
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Density Independent Factor |
a variable that affects a population regardless of the population, such as climate
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k-strategist |
a species with slow maturation, few young, slow population growth, reproduce late in life |
