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Why doesn’t the population ever go above 18?

What is happening to this population?. Why doesn’t the population ever go above 18?. Carrying Capacity. The number of organisms of one species that an environment can support indefinitely. 18 is the Carrying Capacity for our population. Why does population increase?. Population Growth.

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Why doesn’t the population ever go above 18?

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  1. What is happening to this population? Why doesn’t the population ever go above 18?

  2. Carrying Capacity The number of organisms of one species that an environment can support indefinitely. 18 is the Carrying Capacity for our population.

  3. Why does population increase?

  4. Population Growth • An increase in the number of individuals in a population Unlimited resources and reproduction lead to population growth (G) Growth = Births – Deaths (G = B – D)

  5. Population Growth When births exceed deaths you see population growth. J-Shaped Curve

  6. Exponential Growth • Exponential growth means that as a population gets larger, it also grows at a faster rate. J-Shaped Curve

  7. Rapid life-history patterns are common among organisms from changeable or unpredictable environments. Reproduction Patterns:Rapid life-history patterns 20 MINUTES!

  8. Large species that live in more stable environments usually have slow life-history patterns. Reproduction Patterns:Slow life-history patterns • Reproduce and mature slowly, and are long-lived. • Maintain population sizes at or near carrying capacity. 22 MONTHS!

  9. Resources Disease Organism interaction Habitat Size/Crowding Weather When a population overshoots the carrying capacity, then limiting factors may come into effect. Growth Limitations

  10. Deaths begin to exceed births and the population falls below carrying capacity S - Curve

  11. Two types of limiting factors: Density-dependent and Density-independent Population density describes the number of individuals in a given area.

  12. Population Density • Let’s say our classroom is 600 sq. ft. In 1st and 4th period, there are 25 students in the class. The population density for 1 and 4 period is 25 students/600 ft² or .04 students/ft². In 2nd period, there are only 19 students in the class. Is the population density higher or lower?

  13. Density - Dependent • Density-dependent factors include disease, competition, predators, parasites, and food. • Disease, for example, can spread more quickly in a population with members that live close together.

  14. Its flu season, and lots of sick students are coming to school. They are coughing, sneezing, and touching everything. Ten percent of Ms. Godfrey’s students have the flu, but are so dedicated they come to class anyway. If Ms. Godfrey wipes down every table before every class, which class will be most affected by the flu? 1st and 4th period, because they have the greatest population density. A larger number of students will be infected and have opportunity to infect a larger number of healthy students.

  15. Density - Independent • Density-independent factors can affect all populations, regardless of their density. • Most density-independent factors are abiotic factors, such as temperature, storms, floods, drought, and major habitat disruption

  16. Six new students were added to 2nd period. The population densities of all the classes is now the same.The school is sponsoring an event that allows students to miss 1rst, 2nd, and 4th periods. Which classes will be most effected? • All equally effected! The event will disrupt class regardless of size – everyone will have the opportunity to go.

  17. Organism Interactions • Population sizes are controlled by various interactions among organisms that share a community. • Predation and competition are two interactions that control populations.

  18. Predation Populations of predators and their prey experience cycles or changes in their numbers over periods of time. Lynx and Hare pelts sold to the Hudson’s Bay Company

  19. Competition • Is Density - Dependent • When only a few individuals compete for resources, no problem arises. • When a population increases to the point at which demand for resources exceeds the supply, the population size decreases.

  20. Crowding • As populations increase in size in environments that cannot support increased numbers, individual animals can exhibit a variety of stress symptoms. • These include aggression, decrease in parental care, decreased fertility, and decreased resistance to disease. • They become limiting factors for growth and keep populations below carrying capacity.

  21. 1. What are the independent and dependent variables? 2. What is the population trend? 3. Why did this happen? Is this density-dependent or independent?

  22. 4. What type of growth is this? 5. When does growth increase? What might have happened to cause this?

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