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Population Ecology
Chapter 27
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Population Ecology
• Certain ecological principles govern the
growth and sustainability of all
populations
• Human populations are no exception
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Limits to Growth
• A population’s growth depends on the
resources of its environment
• Deer introduced to Angel Island
– Population outstripped resources
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Human Population Problems
• Over 6 billion people alive
• About 2 billion live in poverty
• Most resources are consumed by the
relatively few people in developed
countries
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Population
• A group of individuals of the same
species occupying a given area
• Can be described by demographics
– Vital statistics such as size, density,
distribution, and age structure
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Population Age Structure
• Divide population into age categories
• Population’s reproductive base includes
members of the reproductive and pre-
reproductive age categories
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Density & Distribution
• Number of individuals in some specified area of habitat
• Crude density information is more useful if combined
with distribution data
clumped
nearly uniform
random
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Determining Population Size
• Direct counts are most accurate but seldom feasible
• Can sample an area, then extrapolate
• Capture-recapture method is used for mobile species
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Capture-Recapture Method
• Capture, mark, and release individuals
• Return later and capture second sample
• Count the number of marked individuals and use this to estimate total population
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Assumptions in Capture-Recapture
• Marking has no effect on mortality
• Marking has no effect on likelihood to being captured
• There is no immigration or emigration between sampling times
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Changes in Population Size
• Immigration adds individuals
• Emigration subtracts individuals
• Births add individuals
• Deaths subtract individuals
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population growth per unit time
net population growth rate
per individual per unit time
number of individuals
= X
in-text, p. 688
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Zero Population Growth
• Interval in which number of births is
balanced by number of deaths
• Assume no change as a result of
migration
• Population size remains stable
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Per Capita Rates
• Rates per individual
• Total number of events in a time interval
divided by the number of individuals
• Per capita birth rate per month =
Number of births per month
Population size
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r
• Net reproduction per individual per unit
time
• Variable combines per capita birth and
death rates (assuming both constant)
• Can be used to calculate rate of growth
of a population
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Exponential Growth Equation
G = rN
• G is population growth per unit time
• r is net reproduction per individual per unit time
• N is population size
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Exponential Growth
• Population size expands by ever increasing increments during successive intervals
• The larger the population gets, the more individuals there are to reproduce
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Effect of Deaths
• Population will grow exponentially as long as per capita death rates are lower than per capita birth
rates 25% mortality between
divisions
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Biotic Potential
• Maximum rate of increase per individual
under ideal conditions
• Varies between species
• In nature, biotic potential is rarely
reached
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Limiting Factors
• Any essential resource that is in
short supply
• All limiting factors acting on a
population dictate sustainable
population size
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Carrying Capacity (K)
• Maximum number of individuals that
can be sustained in a particular habitat
• Logistic growth occurs when population
size is limited by carrying capacity
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Logistic Growth Equation
G = rmax N (K-N/K)
• G = population growth per unit time
• rmax = maximum population growth rate per
unit time
• N = number of individuals
• K = carrying capacity
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Logistic Growth
• As size of the population increases, rate of reproduction decreases
• When the population reaches carrying capacity, population growth ceases
carrying capacity
Time
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Overshooting Capacity
• Population may temporarily increase above carrying capacity
• Overshoot is usually followed by a crash; dramatic increase in deaths
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Density-Dependent Controls
• Logistic growth equation deals with
density-dependent controls
• Limiting factors become more
intense as population size increases
• Disease, competition, parasites,
toxic effects of waste products
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Density-Independent Controls
• Factors unaffected by population
density
• Natural disasters or climate changes
affect large and small populations alike
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Fig. 40.6, p. 690
initial carrying capacity
new carrying capacity