Chapter 52 Assignments

CHAPTER 52: Population Ecology

Reading: p.1136-1156.

Vocabulary: definitions for the bolded words in the CH52 text:

Population, density, dispersion, mark-recapture method, demography, cohort, survivorship curve, life history, big-bang reproduction/semelparity, iteroparity/repeated reproduction, exponential population growth, carrying capacity, logistic population growth, k-selection, r-selection, density-independent, density-dependent, population dynamics, demographic transition, age structure, ecological footprint

Questions: #1-2 p.1141; #1 p.1143; #1-2 p.1145; #1 p.1152, #1 p.1156; #1-10 p.1158. Check/correct.