Population Biology and Ecology: Terms, Definitions, and Concepts, Quizzes of Biology

Download Population Biology and Ecology: Terms, Definitions, and Concepts and more Quizzes Biology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Population DEFINITION 1 A group of interbreeding individuals occupying the same habitat TERM 2 Population Ecology DEFINITION 2 The study of how populations grow, and what promotes/limits that growth TERM 3 Demography Patterns DEFINITION 3 Birth rates, death rates, age distributions, and sizes of populations TERM 4 Density DEFINITION 4 The number of individuals in a given area. It can be calculated with a simple visual count (only works with small area/ large organisms) or a by marking/recapturing TERM 5 What are the 3 different dispersion patterns? DEFINITION 5 Clumped- resources are randomly spaced, soorganisms gather around them, oasis style. Social behavior can also play a role.Uniform- Evenly spaced apart, can be due to territorial or social causesRandom- The rarest pattern, resources are unlimited and evenly spread, so there is not much of a pattern TERM 6 Iteroparity DEFINITION 6 The pattern of repeated reproduction at intervals throughout the life cycle TERM 7 Semelparity DEFINITION 7 Anorganism produces all of its possible offspring in one event. TERM 8 Seasonal Iteroparity DEFINITION 8 Reproducing at certain times of the year TERM 9 Continuous Iteroparity DEFINITION 9 Being able to breed at anytime during the life span of the organism TERM 10 Cohort DEFINITION 10 Semelparous offspring. They are all born around the same time