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12 Cards in this Set
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Carrying capacity?
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The maximum number of individual in a species that an encironment can support for the long term.
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Density-Dependent factor?
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Any factor in the environment that depends on the number of members in a population per unit area.
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Density-Independent Factor?
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Any factor in the environment that does not depend on the number of members in a population per unit area.
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Dispersion?
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The pattern of spacing of a population within an area.
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Emigration?
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Description of the number of individuals moving into a poulation.
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Immigration?
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Description of the number of individuals mvoing into a population.
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Population density?
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The number of organisms per unit area.
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Population Growth Rate?
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Explains how fast a given population grows.
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Age structure?
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The number of males and females in each of 3 age groups.
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Demographic transition?
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A change in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates.
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Demography?
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the study of human population size, density, distrubution, and movement.
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Zero Population Growth?
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When the birth rate equals the death rate.
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