Population Ecology

Population Ecology

<p>Population Ecology  either examine populations of a single species or interactions between species  investigation on a single species: population numbers and distribution  why are populations of pandas decreasing? what would it take to increase them  how do you control aphids on a crop?  what factors increase or decrease population?  temp? competition? predation? Plant quality?</p><p>Counting populations  numbers per unit area: density  births or recruitment (establishment in population)  deaths  immigration (input) and emigration (output)</p><p> seems straitforward—but.…conceptually simple, practically difficult  animals and plants pose different problems  animals: mobility results in recounting, hiding, problems estimating density--mark-recapture  plants: standing still helps with density, etc. but have another problem: What is an individual?  counting unitary vs modular organisms:  unitary--growth form is determinate--four legs, one mouth... a genetic individual is easy to identify  modular--growth form is indeterminate--module may be determinate, but the whole body of the organism consists of repeated modules giving a branched structure, of indeterminate size and number of components  plants are modular, and some animals such as coral,bryozoans, hydroids, and many fungi and protists  module--in plants it is usually a bud, its associated stem, leaves and a reproductive part--but definition not absolute  plants grow by accumlating modules--the final size of a plant is not effected as much by the size of the modules, but by the number-- contrast young vs mature oak trees  modules can accumulate vertically--trees--modules can be slightly independent but linked together  modules can accumulate horizontially--strawberry or grass--modules can be completely independent or share resources  those that grow horizontially can break to pieces, and counting genetic individuals becomes a problem-- genet vs ramet  a plant is a population of modules--significant implications for their ecology</p>

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