Population Ecology
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Population
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
Population density
A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land
Survivorship curve
A graph that represents the distinct patterns of species survival as a function of age
Exponential growth
Population growth that is unhindered because of the abundance of resources for an ever-increasing population.
Logistic growth
Growth pattern in which a population's growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth
Carrying capacity
Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support
Limiting factors
Conditions in the environment that put limits on where an organism can live
Biotic
living
Abiotic
Non-living
Density-dependent
limiting factor that depends on population size
Density-independent
limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways, regardless of population size
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