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Population Dynamics and Growth Models

The document contains information about populations and population growth. It discusses factors that affect populations like predation, disease, parasites, and competition. It defines population growth rate and terms like emigration and immigration. It also describes models of population growth, including exponential growth seen in bacteria and logistic growth where a population levels off at the carrying capacity.

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Population Dynamics and Growth Models

The document contains information about populations and population growth. It discusses factors that affect populations like predation, disease, parasites, and competition. It defines population growth rate and terms like emigration and immigration. It also describes models of population growth, including exponential growth seen in bacteria and logistic growth where a population levels off at the carrying capacity.

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NOTES PACKET
Populations
What affects a population?
1. Predation
- Predators: as the number of prey increase, the number of
predators will too

2. Disease
- Outbreaks occurs when population density is high
- Disease is transmitted easier

3. Parasites
- Similar to disease, when population density
is high, parasites are
transmitted easier

4. Competition
- Individuals compete for:
Food, water, shelter, & space
What is Population Growth Rate?
• Population Growth Rate: Explains how fast a given
population grows

– If death rates decrease and births increase, the


population with increase OR decrease?

• Emigration: Used to describe the number of


individuals who move away from a population.

• Immigration: Used to describe the number of


individuals who move into a population.
Types of Growth
Predator/Prey Model:
As the number of lynx increase, the number of hare also increase.

As then number of hare decrease, the number of lynx decrease.


Types of Growth
Exponential Growth Model:
Bacteria in a Petri dish
• Food is placed into a Petri dish, and bacteria is introduced to the food.

• The first 2 hours is the “lag phase”, followed with exponential growth.

• During the 2nd hour, bacteria begin to reproduce because there is


plenty of food available.

• The bacteria will grow exponentially until there is no more food, and then
they will all die.

Often referred to as
“J-Shaped Growth”
Lag Phase
Exponential
Growth

Video
Types of Growth
Logistic Growth Model:

• Notice the S-shape in this graph…


the population levels off (stabilizes)

• Carrying Capacity: The maximum number of


individuals in a species that an environment can
support for a long period of time.
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