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Population Growth
A population is….
A group of organisms, of the same species, that live in the same location.
Ex: population of frogs in Lums Pond
Ex; population of bacteria in a mouth
Ex: human population of Delaware
Biotic Potential
The highest rate of reproduction under ideal conditions
Ex: a fly’s biotic potential is 900.
Ex: a human’s biotic potential is over 68 children.
Population Density
The number of individuals in a given area .
(Ex: 22 students/classroom or 18 people/phone booth)
Calculating Population Density
Population Density =Number of Individuals
Unit Area
Example:
Suppose you counted 200 Oak trees in a 100 acre area. What is the population density?
Answer : 200 oaks/100 acres or 2 oaks/1 acre
Question
If both Wilmington and Milton are considered the same size area, which would have the higher Population Density?
Three basic patterns for a population’s growth
Linear growth
Exponential growth
Logistic growth
Linear Growth
Growth that occurs at a constant rate would be considered linear growth
Example: If my hair grows .25 inches every week, then in one month my hair grows 1 inch, in two months it grow two inches, and in three months it grows three inches
Linear growth
Exponential Growth
Bacteria can reproduce quickly given the resources…
Exponential Growth
Describe what it means by looking at the graph.
Starts out slowly…takes a long time to build up and then it has a rapid increase.
Current world populations is approximately is over 7.2 Billion since October 2013.
Logistic Growth: The S curve
Logistic GrowthWhat does it mean according the graph pattern?
The population grows exponentially until limiting factors halt population growth and things eventually start to die out.
No population can grow forever:
Growth stops when the population reaches its CARRYING CAPACITY
The maximum number of individuals that an environment can support!
Scientists estimate the world’s carrying capacity for humans to be around 8.5-10 billion people.
Population Growth Depends on 2 Things
Birth RateNumber of births in a given amount of time
Ex: US birth rate is 14.16/1000 people
Death RateNumber of deaths in a given amount of time
Ex US death rate is 8.27/1000 people
Changes in Predator and Prey populations
Predator and Prey relationship
As the population of prey increases ( ), the predator population ( ) begins to follow it.
As prey populations begin to decrease ( ), the predator populations begin to decrease
( ).
Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) are the tallest birds in North America. They stand about 1.6 metres tall and have a wingspan of two metres.
Beginning in the 1900s the Whooping Crane population began to decline as wetland habitat was drained for farmland and as birds were shot. By 1941, only 16 birds survived and shortly after this a concerted conservation efforts by Canada and the United States began. This effort has succeeded in increasing the population to about 180 birds by 1999.
Distribution