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12 Cards in this Set
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Population |
a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country. |
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Population Density |
a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. |
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Population Model |
a type of mathematicalmodel that is applied to the study of populationdynamics. |
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Carrying Compacity |
the largest population that an environment can support at any living time. |
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Logistic Model |
a model of population growth that assumes that finite resource 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; characterized by rapid growth, high fertility, short life span, small body size, and exponential population growth. |
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Population Size |
the number of individual organisms in a population. |
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Dispersion |
in optics, the process in which one genetic variation is selected and that causes change in the overall genetic composition of the population. |
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Exponential Growth Curve |
occurs when the growth rate of the value of a mathematical function is proportional to the function's current value, resulting in its growth with time being an exponential function. |
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Density Dependent Factor |
any factor limiting the size of a population whose effect is dependent on the number of individuals in the population. |
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Density Independent Factor |
any factor limiting the size of a population whose effect is not dependent on the number of individuals in the population. |
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K-Strategist |
a species characterized by slow maturation, few young, slow population growth, reproduction late in life, and a population density near the carrying compacity of the environment. |
