50. Population Ecology

Which term best describes the number of individuals of a species per unit area in a given region?

Which of the following is NOT an interpretation that can be made from an age structure diagram?

In population demography, which situation can result in negative population growth (a declining population size over time)?

Which of the following measures the age distribution of individuals in a population?

The number of individuals that die in a population per unit time is its:

Which term describes the number of individuals within a population per unit area?

In population demography, which two processes can cause a population’s size to decrease?

The numbers of individuals in different age classes of a population is called the population's:

How can an age structure diagram be used to determine the number of males and females in different age groups within a population?

Which of the following statements best describes the pattern seen in age structure diagram C?

In population demography, which equation correctly describes change in human population size over a time interval (ignoring age structure)?

What can a biologist infer from a population that is uniformly distributed throughout its habitat?

Based on the population growth graph, which shows a rapid increase followed by a plateau, what can be concluded about the population?

In population demography, how can a histogram (age-structure diagram) help describe a population?

In population demography, which pair of processes can cause a population to decrease in size over time?