Remembering 1Word Abundance Definition A very large quantity of something.

Example animal or plant species present in a particular area The process that involves the J-curve

Acceleration Phase

Stage of population growth denoted by that part of a j curve that starts at the upward- turning section of the curve and continues sharply upwards. The number of live births per thousand of population per year.

Birth Rate

In 2010 per 18,000 population 800 births were born in year Elephants need at least 500km of land to thrive

Carrying Capacity

The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the population size of the species in the environment A population that has no migratory flows in or out and thus whose size can only change through births and deaths

Closed Populations

Birth rates were low in a magpie community and the death rates were high resulting in a large population drop for example, the 19-25 year cohort East Doncaster community, population has grown by 60% in the last 25 years Death rates in the Australia koala rose by 15% in 2011

Cohort

Members of a particular age range in a population, Biological unit consisting of all the populations living in a specific area at a specific time The ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area during a particular period of time

Community

Death Rate

Deceleration Phase

The phase of declining growth Declining growth in growth rate, following the linear phase plates as you get older and preceding the stationary phase in most batch-suspension cultures. The degree of compactness of a substance: Refers to factors whose impact on members of a population is bone density

Density

Density Dependant

Constructing multi dwelling sites, example high raised

dependent on the size of the population Density Independent Refers to factors whose impact on members of a population is not affected by the size of the population The way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area The resistance presented by the environmental conditions to limit a species from growing out of control or to stop them from reproducing at maximum rate. Growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size. Describes the plot of population size over time under conditions of exponential growth Species, in comparison with an rselected species, breeds less frequently and has fewer offspring in which great parental care is invested A model of population growth in which growth eventually slows and the population size stabilises at the carrying capacity of the habitat concerned Techniques used to estimate size of an animal population that entails capturing a sample, making and then releasing each captured animal and later, recapturing a second sample of the same population The ratio of migrants to the total mid-year population during a given

buildings.

The number of people in the community did affect the environment

Distribution

- changes undergone by the area have affected the distribution of its wildlife Owls as a predator to keep the rabbit and rat population down

Environmental Resistance

Exponential Growth

The growing in of the younger age organisms

J Shaped Curve

Used in describing population

K Selected

Apes and elephants

Logistic Growth

The slowing rate of the koala population

Mark Recapture

Sampling technique, capturing birds then releasing them to gather samples about their population

Migration Rate

Ducks migrating mid year during a given period

period expressed per 1,000 population. Open Populations Individual member's contributions do not necessarily begin or end at the start and end of the study period A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time and sharing a common gene pool. A group of potentially interbreeding organisms in a geographic area. Population Dynamics The study of the factors that affect the growth, stability, and decline of populations, as well as the interactions of those factors. Areas of known size, often onemetre square, used to outline an area for sampling a population of plants or sessile animals Refers to a species which, in comparison with a K-selected species, breeds more often and produces larger numbers of off spring in which little or no parental care is invested Describes the plot of population size over time under conditions where resource availability limits population size to the carrying capacity. Technique by which part of a population is exanimated and, from this sample, estimates are made about the size of the total population. How many species in are ecosystem/population

expressed per 1,000 population. Migrating is possible in an open population

Population

There are 40 dogs living in Donvale

All the factors that affect the population

Quadrats

Used in the sampling techniques, to outline the population of a plants or sessile animals Rats and rabbits

R Selected

S Shaped Curve

Describes the population plot

Sampling

Estimates made to find the size of a population

Species Richness

there are 10 different possum species in Australia

Total Count

Result from counting all members of a species in a given area; also known as a true census
Transect is also a way of sampling populations. A transect line is used for measuring the changes between at least two areas, it cannot measure the population, only the changes between two areas

Counting all the species of bird in In a given area

Transects

Transect can be done in aircraft to sample the population.

True Census

Result from counting all members of a species in given area

There 60 different bird species in the Daintree rainforest The red Kangaroos population did not increase in 2010

Zero Population Growth

Maintaining a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to only what is needed to replace the existing population.