BIOL 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Survivorship Curve, Life Table, Net Reproduction Rate
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Use the information in a life table to describe the demographic patterns and life history of a particular population. Explain how life history patterns are shaped by environmental pressures and evolution. Calculate the growth rate of a population from life-table data or from direct observation of changes in population size over time. Distinguish between density independent and density dependent factors and explain how they influence population growth. Describe patterns of global human population growth and identify the factors that would likely influence future predictions for total population size. Explain the link between population dynamics and conservation of endangered species. Important figures: 54. 2, 54. 3, 54. 5, 54. 6, 54. 9, 54. 10, 54. 11, 54. 12. Be able to identify the three main distributions in which organisms can be arranged across a landscape and the factors that determine such distributions. Population density is often used in the study of population ecology, instead of total population size.
