14. What is the difference between generation time and the rate of population growth? 15. When...
14. What is the difference between generation time and the rate of population growth?
15. When using the logistic population growth model, what are the different causes of slow population growth at low population sizes versus high population sizes?
8. What are the patterns of survival with age in the three types of survivorship curves?
9. How would you describe the generation time of a population?
10. Given that white tailed deer give birth to fawns each spring, which population growth model would be the most appropriate and why?
11. If a life table projects a population size of 100 females and the sex ratio of the population is one-to-one, how large is the entire population?
6. Under what range of densities do we typically observe positive density dependence?
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resistant genotype that spreads through the population through
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questions:
1) Explain why you think the population grew in the pattern it
did
2) Model the population as closely as possible using the
logistic equation. Lowever to do so, you'll need to predict the
intrinsic rate of increase and carrying capacity. Estimate these
vales as must as possible. Report the estimated R and K and graph
1) the populations (both modeled and real on the same graph)
against time, 2)...
need help with this ..
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1a) Suppose a population of guppies was infected with a
parasite. In that population a mutation results in a parasite
resistant genotype that spreads through the population through
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a genotype that is unaffected by the newly evolved resistant guppy
genotype. What is the name of the hypothesis that explains this
host parasite “arms race”.?
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