chapter 18: history of populations

Question 1

survivorship curve

Answer 1

graph showing proportion of individuals surviving for each age in a species

Question 2

fecundity

Answer 2

number of offspring able to produce during a period of time
females

Question 3

semelparity

Answer 3

life history characterized by death after first reproduction

Question 4

life history

Answer 4

pattern of survival and reproduction events during the life of an organism

Question 5

iteroparity

Answer 5

life history characterized by multiple reproductive cycles over the course of a lifetime

Question 6

age structured population

Answer 6

the proportionate numbers of people in different age categories in a given population for a defined time

Question 7

life table

Answer 7

records matters of life and death for a population

Question 8

net reproductive rate

Answer 8

number of daughters per woman

Question 9

generation time

Answer 9

average interval between the birth of an individual and the birth of its offspring

Question 10

masting

Answer 10

irregular periodic synchronous production of large seed crops in perennial plants