POPULATION DYNAMICS
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POPULATION DYNAMICS
• POPULATION– POPULATION DEF??– POPULATION ECOLOGY• CONCERNED WITH THE CHANGES IN POPULATION SIZE
AND THE FACTORS THAT REGULATE POPULATIONS OVER TIME
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POPULATION DYNAMICS
• POPULATION ECOLOGY
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POPULATION DYNAMICS
• DENSITY AND DISPERSION PATTERNS ARE IMPORTANT POPULATION VARIABLES– POPULATION DENSITY
• THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS OF A SPECIES PER UNIT AREA OR VOLUME
• IT’S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO COUNT ALL THE INDIVIDUALS IN ANY POPULATION, SO SCIENTISTS USE VARIOUS SAMPLING TECHNIQUES– TAG & RECAPTURE METHOD
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• DENSITY AND DISPERSION PATTERNS ARE IMPORTANT POPULATION VARIABLES– DISPERSION PATTERN• REFERS TO THE WAY INDIVIDUALS
ARE SPACED WITHIN THEIR AREA• 3 MAJOR PATTERNS
– CLUMPED– UNIFORM– RANDOM
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• IDEALIZED MODELS HELP US UNDERSTAND POPULATION GROWTH– EXPONENTIAL
GROWTH MODEL• RATE OF
EXPANSION OF A POPULATION UNDER IDEAL CONDITIONS; UNREGULATED GROWTH
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• IDEALIZED MODELS HELP US UNDERSTAND POPULATION GROWTH– POPULATION
-LIMITING FACTORS AND THE LOGISTIC GROWTH MODEL
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• IDEALIZED MODELS HELP US UNDERSTAND POPULATION GROWTH– IDEALIZED MODELS DON’T EXIST IN NATURE!!– POPULATION-LIMITING FACTORS• ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT RESTRICT
POPULATION GROWTH– LOGISTIC GROWTH MODEL• IDEALIZED POPULATION GROWTH THAT IS SLOWED BY
LIMITING FACTORS AS THE POPULATION SIZE INCREASES
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POPULATION DYNAMICS• LOGISTIC GROWTH MODEL
– CARRYINGCAPACITY • THE
MAXIMUMPOPULATIONSIZE THAT ANENVIRONMENTCAN SUPPORTAT APARTICULARTIME, WITHNODEGRADATIONTO THEHABITAT
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• MULTIPLE FACTORS MAY ACT AS LIMITING AGENTS– COMPETITION FOR LIMITED RESOURCES
• FOOD, TERRITORY, MATES, ETC.– INCREASED DISEASE TRANSMISSION– PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS ARE IMPACTED BY DENSE
POPULATIONS– ABIOTIC FACTORS MAY IMPACT POPULATION SIZE
• *SOME POPULATIONS HAVE “BOOM-AND-BUST” CYCLES*– THIS IS NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD
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POPULATION DYNAMICS
• WHAT DOES THE LOGISTIC GROWTH MODEL REALLY LOOK LIKE IN A STABLE ENVIRONMENT??
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POPULATION DYNAMICS
• HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH
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• LIFE TABLES TRACK MORTALITY AND SURVIVORSHIP IN POPULATIONS– SURVIVORSHIP CURVES• PLOT THE
PROPORTION OFINDIVIDUALS ALIVE AT EACH AGE
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• BIRTH AND DEATH RATES AND AGE STRUCTURE AFFECT POPULATION GROWTH– ZERO POPULATION GROWTH (ZPG) IS WHEN
BIRTH RATES EQUAL DEATH RATES
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• BIRTH AND DEATH RATES AND AGE STRUCTURE AFFECT POPULATION GROWTH– AGE STRUCTURE• THE PROPORTION OF INDIVIDUALS IN DIFFERENT AGE-
GROUPS
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POPULATION DYNAMICS
• TWO IMPORTANT PRACTICAL USES OF POPULATION DYNAMICS INCLUDE– RENEWABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT• HARVESTING CROPS WITHOUT DAMAGING THE
RESOURCE– MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD• HARVESTING AT A LEVEL THAT PRODUCES A
CONSISTENT YIELD WITHOUT DAMAGING THE POPULATION
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• THAT’S POPULATION ECOLOGY…BUT HOW DO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS GET ALONG??
• THAT’S COMMUNITY-LEVEL ECOLOGY, AND THAT’S NEXT!!!