Population Dynamics Vocab
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| Carrying Capasity | The largest population that an environment can support at any given time.
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| Climax community | a stable, mature community that undergoes little or no change in species over time
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| Density-dependent factor | A variable affected by the number of organisms present in a given area
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| Density-independent factor | a variable that affects a population regardless of the population density, such as climate
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| Emigration | The movement of individuals out of a population.
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| Exponential Growth Model | The pattern for population increase under ideal conditions. J-shaped growth curve is characteristic. The model assumes resources are unlimited. equation: dN/dt= RmaxN
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| Immigration | Movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population
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| Limiting Factors | any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms
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| Logistic Growth Model | a description of idealized population growth that is slowed by limiting factors as the population size increases nad carrying capacity. (S shaped Curve)
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| Mortality | The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area
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| Natality | The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area
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| Population Density | the number of individuals of the same species that live in a given unit of area.
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| Primary Succession | succession that begins in an area that previously did not support life
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| Secondary Succession | the process by which one community replaces another community that has been partially or totally destroyed
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