Population ecology

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The study of ecology

1 Levels of ecological study

2 Organismal ecology

3 Population ecology

4 Community ecology

5 Ecosystem ecology

6 Section summary

7 Review questions

8 Free response

Population demographics

1 Introduction to population ecology

2 Population size and density

3 Population research methods

4 Species distribution

6 Survivorship curves

7 Section summary

Growth rates and regulation

1 Exponential growth

2 Predicting population growth

3 Logistic growth

4 Carrying capacity and the logistic model

5 Role of intraspecific competition

6 Examples of logistic growth

7 Factors that regulate growth

8 Density-dependent regulation

9 Density-independent regulation and interaction with density-dependent

10 Section summary

11 Art connections

Trends in human population growth

1 7 billion people and growing

2 Overcoming density-dependent regulation

3 Age structure, population growth, and economic development

4 Demographic transition theory

5 Current population trends

6 Further research

7 Long-term consequences of exponential human population growth

8 Section summary

9 Art connections

Source: OpenStax, Bi 101 for lbcc ilearn campus. OpenStax CNX. Nov 28, 2013 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11593/1.1

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