R-Strategists or K-Strategists Flashcards
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These strategists spend most of their time in exponential growth and maximize their reproductive rate.
r-strategists
These are species that maintain their population levels at K (carrying capacity), and spend most of their time at K.
K-strategists
Their populations typically follow a logistic growth curve.
K-strategists
They have a high rate of population increase, reproduce early and put most of their energy into reproduction.
r-strategists
Produce boom-bust cycles
r-strategists
They tend to do well in competitive conditions when their population size is near the carrying capacity of their environment.
K-strategists
Short life
r-strategists
High investment in individual offspring
K-strategists
Adapted to unstable environment
r-strategists
Niche generalists
r-strategists
Niche specialists
K-strategists
Rapid growth
r-strategists
Long life
K-strategists
High trophic level
K-strategists
Regulated mainly by extrinsic factors
r-strategists
Pioneers, colonizers
r-strategists
Later stages of succession
K-strategists
High parental care and protection
K-strategists
Many small offspring
r-strategists
Predators
K-strategists
Prey
r-strategists
Little parental care or protection
r-strategists
Adapted to stable environment
K-strategists
Low trophic levels
r-strategists
