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Population Ecology Chapter 55. Environmental Challenge. Ecology: the study of how organisms interact with one another and their environments. Populations : groups of individuals of the same species in one place. Populations. Range : area throughout which a population occurs - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Population EcologyChapter 55
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Environmental Challenge
• Ecology: the study of how organisms interact with one another and their environments.
• Populations: groups of individuals of the same species in one place
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Populations• Range: area throughout which a population
occurs– Most species have limited geographic range
• Devil’s hole pupfish lives in a single spring in southern Nevada
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Populations
• Humans alter the environment and some species have altered their range in reponse.
Range expansion of the cattle egret
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Populations
• Dispersion: how individuals in a population are spread out within their range
– Random: individuals do not interact strongly with one another.
– Uniform: behavioral interactions, resource competition
– Clumped: uneven distribution of resources.
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Biotic PotentialThe rate of growth for a population if every individual survived and reproduced.• Under such ideal conditions, a
population would have exponential growth
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Exponential growth = J-curve
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Logistic GrowthS-Curve
Exponential growth initially
Growth levels off as population approaches
carrying capacity
Po
pu
lati
on
b = d
Lag phase
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Growth and Limits
Many populations exhibit logistic growth
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Carrying capacity (K): the maximum number of individuals in a species that an environment can support• Determined by the amount of
resources available (food, water, nutrients, etc)
• Results in logistic growth• Hunting brings pop to Winter K
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Demography and Dynamics
• Demography: the quantitative study of populations
– How size changes through time
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Population Changes
Calculating growth rates:(Births + I) - (Deaths + E)
Immigrants (I) - Individuals moving into a population
Emigrants (E) - Individuals moving out of a population (exiting)
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Limiting Factors: situations that prevent a population from increasing
Density-Independent Factors--do not depend on the number of individuals in the population.
--Usually abiotic factors such as pollution, weather events and natural disasters
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Density-Dependent Factors-become limiting only when population reaches a certain size
-strongest when population is large and dense
-usually biotic factors such as food, predators, disease, and competition
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Sawtooth Curve: Shows periodic fluctuations (rise and fall) of populations.
--Can show density-dependant factors at work (predator-prey)--Can show density-independent factors at work (seasonal changes)
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Sawtooth Graph -showing seasonal population fluctuations
summer
winter
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Fluctuations in the number of pupae of four moth species in Germany
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• North American snowshoe hare 10 year cycle
• Two factors generate this cycle:
– Food plants
– Predators
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Reproductive patterns1.r-strategist:
• produce many offspring in a short period of time (mice, flies)
• take advantage of a temporarily abundant resource
2.k-strategist: • produce a few offspring that have a better
chance of surviving with intense parental care (humans, elephants)
• Limited resources, pop near carrying capacity
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Human Population Growth
• K-selected life history traits– Small brood size– Late reproduction– High degree of parental care
• Human populations have grown exponentially– Last 300 years birth rate has remained same– Death rate has fallen dramatically
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Human population growth:Year Estimated population
(in millions)0 A.D. 1301650 5001850 1,000 (1 billion)1930 2,0001970 4,000 (4 billion)1998 60005/3/10 6,817,237,780
U.S. 309,191,081
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A.The graph of human population is a J curve. It shows exponential growth
Agriculturebegins
Plowingand irrigation
Bubonicplague
IndustrialRevolutionbegins
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Ninth
Eighth
Seventh
Sixth
Fifth
Fourth
Third
Second
First Billion
Number of years to add each billion (year)
(1800)
123 (1930)
33 (1960)
15 (1975)
12 (1987)
12 (1999)
13 (2012)
16 (2028)
26 (2054)
Sources: First and second billion: Population Reference Bureau. Third through ninth billion: United Nations, World Population in 2300 (medium scenario), 2003.
All of Human History
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What has allowed human populations to grow exponentially?
1.)medicine 2.)plenty of food(agriculture)3.) sanitation
* medical advances allow people to live longer and decreases infant mortality (Child death)
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C.What is Earths’ carrying capacity?1. Unknown2. J curve will continue until some
resource becomes limiting3. Some countries have exceeded
their carrying capacities: China, Ethiopia, Somalia, India
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Natural Increase per
World
More Developed Countries
Less Developed Countries
Less Developed Countries (less China)
Year 80,224,198 912,053 79,312,145 71,498,784
Day 219,792 2,499 217,294 195,887
Minute 153 2 151 136
World Population Clock
Source: Population Reference Bureau, 2004 World Population Data Sheet.
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Human Population Growth
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• Consumption in the developed world further depletes resources– Wealthiest 20% of the world’s
population accounts for 86% consumption of resources and produces 53% of CO2 emissions
– Poorest countries: 20% is responsible for 1.3% consumption and 3% CO2 emissions
Human Population Growth
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Ecological Footprint: amount of productive land required to support an individual at the standard of living of a particular population through the course of his/her life
Human Population Growth