BIOLOGY 1M03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 52: Net Reproduction Rate, Logistic Function, Survivorship Curve

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Population a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area at the same time. Bio 1m03: basic unit of analysis in ecology and evolutionary biology. Population ecology the study pof how and why the number of individuals in a population changes over time. The number of individuals that are present in a population depends on: birth causes population growth, death causes population to decline. Immigration individuals enter a population by moving from another population; causes population growth: emigration individuals leave a population to join another population causes population to decline. Demography the study of factors that determine the size and structure of populations through time. Generation the average time between a mothers first offspring and her daughters first offspring. Life table summarizes the probability that an individual will survive and reproduce in any given time interval over the course of its lifetime. Most individuals approach the species maximum life span.

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