Population Dynamics

1. Demography

1.1. Demorgaphic Factors

1.1.1. Birth

1.1.2. Immigration

1.1.3. Death

1.1.4. Emigration

1.2. Demographic Tools

1.2.1. Life tables

1.2.2. Survivorship Curve

1.2.3. Age Structure

2. Population Characteristics

2.1. Population Size

2.2. Density

2.3. Migration

2.4. Age Structure

2.5. Natality

2.6. Mortality

2.7. Specites Distirbution

2.7.1. Clumped

2.7.2. Random

2.7.3. Uniform

3. Population Growth

3.1. Models of Population Growth

3.1.1. Exponential Growth Model

3.1.1.1. Describes how the population grows in an environment with infinite resources

3.1.1.2. A model that produces a J-shaped curve.

3.1.2. Logistic Growth Model

3.1.2.1. Describes how a population grows in an environment with limited resources.

3.1.2.2. A model that produces an S-shaped curve.

4. Population Regulation

4.1. Regulating factors

4.1.1. Density-dependent factors

4.1.1.1. Biotic factors

4.1.1.1.1. Disease

4.1.1.1.2. Predtion

4.1.2. Density Independent factors

4.1.2.1. Abiotic factors

4.1.2.1.1. Temperature

4.1.2.1.2. Weather

4.1.2.1.3. Light Intensity