Chapter 6 Study Guide
Population and Community Ecology
Assignment
Due Date
Ch 6.1 Reading: pgs 149 - 160
10/23/2014
Ch 6.2 Reading: pgs
10/30/2014
Do The Math: pg 156 Your Turn
10/24/2014
FRQ #1: pg 176
Day after Quiz 6.2 (in class)
Key Terms:
Population
Exponential Growth Model
Resource Partitioning
Community
J-shaped
Predation
Population Ecology
Logistic Growth Model
Pathogens
Population Size
S-shaped
Mutualism
Population Density
Overshoot
Commensalism
Population Distribution
Die-off
Symbiotic
Sex Ratio
K-selected Species
Keystone Species
Age Structure
R-selected Species
Pioneer Species
Density-dependent
Survivorship Curves
Predator-mediated
Factors
Competition
Limiting Resource
Corridors
Ecosystem Engineers
Carrying Capacity
Metapopulation
Ecological Succession
Density-independent
Community Ecology
Primary Succession
Growth Rate
Competition
Secondary Succession
Intrinsic Growth Rate
Competitive Exclusion
Theory of Island
Principle
Biogeography
factors
1.
Be familiar with Population Case Studies (Articles): CA Sea Otter and CA Condor.
2.
What levels of complexity make up the biosphere?
3.
How do populations and communities differ?
4.
What factors regulate the size of a population?
5.
Explain Gause’s findings in his experiments
6.
What is the difference between density-dependent and density-independent factors
that influence population size? Give example of each.
7.
Compare and contrast the exponential growth model and the logistic growth model.
8.
Define metapopulation. How do metapopulations contribute to the preservation of
biodiversity?
9.
What are the various ways in which species interact with each other?
10.
What are the four types of predators?
11.
What roles might keystone species play in an ecosystem?
12.
How are species distributed globally, and what processes are responsible for these
patterns?
13.
What are the four factors that determine the number of species found in a
community?
14.
What does the theory of island biogeography describe?
15.
What is the process of ecological succession?
16.
Explain how does latitude, time, area, and distance affect the species richness of a
community.