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What is the primary difference between a population and a community?
What is the primary difference between a population and a community?
- The number of individuals of one species (correct)
- The number of species present
- The resources available to them
- The geographic area they inhabit
Which of the following factors affect population dynamics?
Which of the following factors affect population dynamics?
- Temperature, precipitation, and climate
- Births, deaths, immigration, and emigration (correct)
- Births, deaths, and sunlight
- Soil type, altitude, and natural disasters
What is the primary focus of population ecology?
What is the primary focus of population ecology?
- The study of ecosystem services
- The study of a single organism's behavior
- The study of species evolution over time
- The study of mechanisms responsible for changes in population distribution and abundance (correct)
What is the primary method ecologists use to estimate population size?
What is the primary method ecologists use to estimate population size?
What are the two important characteristics of any population?
What are the two important characteristics of any population?
What is a major risk faced by small populations?
What is a major risk faced by small populations?
What is the study of the factors that affect the increase, stability, or decrease of a population over time?
What is the study of the factors that affect the increase, stability, or decrease of a population over time?
What does the logistic growth model incorporate that the exponential growth model does not?
What does the logistic growth model incorporate that the exponential growth model does not?
What is the study of factors that affect birth and death rates in a population?
What is the study of factors that affect birth and death rates in a population?
What is the most fundamental population and demographic parameter?
What is the most fundamental population and demographic parameter?
What defines a population?
What defines a population?
How does a population differ from a species?
How does a population differ from a species?
What is the result of increased competition for resources as a population approaches its carrying capacity?
What is the result of increased competition for resources as a population approaches its carrying capacity?
What is population density defined as?
What is population density defined as?
What is one method ecologists use to measure population density?
What is one method ecologists use to measure population density?
What is the capture-mark-recapture method used for?
What is the capture-mark-recapture method used for?
What is an example of uniform population dispersion?
What is an example of uniform population dispersion?
What is an example of clumped population dispersion?
What is an example of clumped population dispersion?
