Population Ecology

Populatlontcology study : of populations in relation to their environment

↳
explores how biotic dg abiotic factors influence abundance dispersion 4 age ,

Density : # of individuals pl unit area or volume * not a static property

↳ individuals added I removed from population
changes as are a

Dispersion pattern
:
of
spacing among individuals Whn the boundaries of the population

Patters of Dispersion

aggregated in patches territorially unpredictable spacing

plants 4 fungi (nutrients)

Demographics : study of vital statistics of populations 4 how they change over time

Liftable: summarizes the survival & reproductive rates of individuals in specific

age groups Whn a population

cohort : a group of Individuals of the same age ,

from birth until all die

survivorship : a plot of the proportion or # s in a cohort still alive at each age

Carrylngcapaclty : IKI max population

that an environment can sustain

loglstkbrowthmodel-o.pl capital rate

of a population growth approaches 0
as population size nears
carrying capacity
Semelpanty : reproduces one time in life

Heroparity :
repeat reproducer
krselectlon : high investment ,
fewer offspring ( advantageous at high density)
R.se/ectIon:- low investment , many offspring ,
most die before maturing
Densitylndependent : a birth 1 death rate that does not change w/ population densit
ex .

drought ,
storm ,
fire , explosion

DensHyDependent_ :
a death rate that increases w/ population density or a birth
rate that falls w/ rising density .

ex . Food supply ,
disease ,
more predators