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Define population

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a group of individuals of the same species living in the same location

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Features of a population

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  • rely on same resources
  • influenced by same environmental conditions
  • interact w/ each other & breed
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What are the types of boundaries for a population?

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  • natural (lake, island, gut)
  • arbitrary (natural park)
  • need to be appropriate to the organism under study & to the questions
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What are some properties of a population?

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  • size
  • boundary
  • distribution
  • structure (sex ratio, age structure)
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What is size affected by (how is it dynamic)?

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  • birth
  • death
  • immigration
  • emigration
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Distribution patterns depend on. . .

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the SCALE at which we are looking
- clumped
- uniform
- random

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Define population ecology

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the scientific study of populations in relation to their environment and how biotic & abiotic factors influence the ABUNDANCE, DISPERSION & COMPOSITION of populations

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What are 3 applications of population ecology?

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  • threatened species management
  • pest control
  • harvested populations
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How do we estimate population size?

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1) counting
2) sampling

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What does precision in quadrat sampling depend on?

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the NUMBER of plots

VARIABILITY in counts

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What are the main types of marks in mark-recapture?

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  • artificial or natural
  • genetic methods (feces / hair)
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What are the 3 assumptions of mark-recapture?

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1) marks are NOT lost b/w sampling sessions
2) marking does not alter the behaviour of individuals (trap-shy vs trap-happy)
3) closed population (no deaths, births, etc.)

violation of assumptions will lead to BIAS

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Lengths of generations

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  • several generations per year
  • one generation per year (annual)
  • one generation over several years (perennial)
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What is an iteroparous species?

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individuals breed multiple times

resources during breeding dedicated to FUTURE survival

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What is semelparous species?

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single reproductive event

no resources dedicated to future survival; reproduction followed quickly by DEATH

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What is demography?

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the study of the vital statistics of populations & how they CHANGE over time

  • can make a life table to summarize this info
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What is stochasticity?

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RANDOMNESS

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A process if stochastic if. . .

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it cannot be predicted accurately e.g. rolling a dice

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Features of a deterministic process

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NO RANDOMNESS INVOLVED

  • outcome is certain
  • exponential vs logistic model
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What is one possible source of variation in animal populations?

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  • environmental stochasticity
  • unpredictable fluctuations in env. conditions in SPACE + TIME
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Demographic stochasticity becomes more important as. . .

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population size declines

the average is very close to a DETERMINISTIC projection

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Define migration

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the seasonal movement of animals from one habitat to another in search of food, better conditions, or reproductive needs

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dispersal

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the movement from one breeding location to another (often influenced by age + sex)

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What is natal dispersal?

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from place of birth to 1st breeding place

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What is breeding dispersal?
change of place of breeding
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Modes of dispersal
- animals (active, passive) - fly, walk, currents, floods - plants --> gravity, wind, water, animal
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Dispersal has a fundamental influence on population dynamics. How?
1) invasive species 2) dynamics of metapopulations (contribute to local extinction, colonisation)
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How is dispersal measured?
1) marking + observation 2) tracking technologies 3) intrinsic markers
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What are some trade-offs to consider when trying to measure dispersal?
a) impact on animals (handling + device) b) accuracy of info c) size of the device, its price, its data collection capacity
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Types of metapopulations
1) classic 2) mainland-island (source-sink) 3) non-equilibrium 4) patchy populations 5) mixtures
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What is a life history?
pattern of survival and reproductive events for a species
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Why do life histories look so different b/w species?
- life history patterns are an 'optimization' of tradeoffs b/w growth, survival, and reproduction
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What are some factors to consider when studying reproductive behaviour?
- fecundity - age of maturity - single vs multiple reproductive events
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What is fecundity?
an organism's reproductive capacity
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Female parents w larger brood =
lower survival rates
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Pros of reproducing early
less risk of producing NO offspring at all
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Cons of reproducing early
may be at expense of their health + growth using all energy to reproduce to less energy used to grow makes them more susceptible to predators
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Pros of reproducing late
better fecundity + better able to care for their young
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Cons of reproducing late
run the risk of not surviving to reproductive age
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K selected =
density dependent Logistic growth
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r selected =
density independent Exponential growth
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What are features of K-selected species?
1) low rates of fecundity 2) high levels of parental investment in young 3) low rates of mortality of mature individuals
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What are features of r-selected species?
1) high rates of fecundity 2) short gestation 3) low levels of parental investment in young
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What is a parasite?
an organism that obtains its nutrients from a host or very few hosts, normally causing harm to the host but not necessarily causing death
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Define vector
an organism that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another organism
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Most parasites only have ___ host
ONE, or a limited number 'host-specificty'
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What are features of microparasites?
- small & often intracellular - multiply directly within their host - often extremely numerous
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What are features of macroparasites?
- grow on / in but do not multiply their host - produce infectious stages which they release into the env to find new hosts - often live on the body or in body cavities instead of being INTRAcellular
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How are parasites transmitted?
1) DIRECT (no vectors) 2) TROPHICALLY TRANSMITTED (eaten) 3) VECTOR TRANSMISSION
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What are parasitic castrators?
reduce or remove their host's reproductive ability & use the energy that would have gone into host production for parasite growth host survives to sustain parasite
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What are micropredators?
attack several hosts, usually feed on blood e.g. leeches and vampire bats
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What are parasitoids?
insects which eventually kill their hosts
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Parasitoids - 2 methods
1) sting their large prey, carry it to a nest & lay an egg on top which hatches and feeds on the prey 2) lay their eggs directly into the host - the eggs hatch and grow in the living host, eventually emerging from the host
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What kinds of strategies do parasites have?
Parasitic castrators Micro-predators Parasitoids Brood parasites
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Brood parasites
use another species to raise their young (insects, cuckoos)
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To what extent are animal & plant populations affected by parasitism and disease?
1) pathogen virulence 2) whether the pathogen reduces host survival (death rate), reproduction (birth rate), or both
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Microparasites drive . . .
really abrupt & severe changes in populations
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What are epidemic diseases?
characterized by rapid changes in the prevalence of infection when outbreaks occur, these pathogens cause waves of infection that can cause rapid population declines
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What are endemic infections?
persist for long times in populations, showing relatively little fluctuation in prevalence
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Epidemics can cause . . .
mass mortalities
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What happened after the black death?
increased resources available for those that survived population great at a greater rater AFTER than BEFORE
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Micro- and macro-parasites that don't kill their prey can affect (EPIDEMIC parasites can suppress populations)
1) birth rates 2) death rates, via increased predation 3) movement (immigration, emigration)
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What are the 2 ways that hosts evolve?
- host tolerance - host resistance
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What is host resistance?
the ability of a host to reduce the probability that it is infected, reduce pathogen replication within the host, and / or increase the speed of pathogen clearance (recovery)
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What is host tolerance?
the ability of a host to tolerate infection with a pathogen by minimizing the damage done but without impeding replication or transmission of the pathogen
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What is the virulence-transmission trade-off hypothesis?
virulence is an unavoidable and increasing cost bc the parasite uses host resources to replicate
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transmission is highest when
virulence is intermediate
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Strategies for disease prevention & control of microparasites
culling –> used when transmission is thought to be density dependent reduction of a wild animal population by selective slaughter. Behavioural modifications including quarantine & social distancing Vaccination – herd immunity

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