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| Overshoot | When a population grows beyond its carrying capacity.
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| Die-off | A substantial decline in density that typically goes well below the carrying capacity.
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| Population cycles | Regular oscillation of a population over a longer period of time.
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| Delayed density dependence | When density dependence occurs based on a population density at some time in the past.
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| Damped oscillations | A pattern of population growth in which the population initially oscillates but the magnitude of the oscillations declines over time.
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| Stable limit cycle | A pattern of population growth in which the population continues to exhibit large oscillations over time.
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| Deterministic model | A model that is designed to predict a result without accounting for random variation in population growth rate.
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| Stochastic model | A model that incorporates random variation in population growth rate.
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| Demographic stochasticity | Variation in birth rates and death rates due to random differences among individuals.
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| Environmental stochasticity | Variation in birth rates and death rates due to random changes in the environmental conditions.
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| Habitat fragmentation | The process of breaking up large habitats into a number of smaller habitats.
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| Rescue effect | When dispersers supplement a declining subpopulation and thereby prevent the subpopulation from going extinct,
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