50. Population Ecology

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?

Which of the following best describes what an age structure diagram reveals about a population of apes?

Which of the following correctly represents the formula for calculating population density?