Population Dynamics

1. Population Representation

1.1. Life table

1.2. Survivorship Curve

1.2.1. Type I

1.2.2. Type II

1.2.3. Type III

1.3. Age-sex pyramid

1.3.1. Rapid Growth

1.3.2. Slow Growth

1.3.3. Stable

1.3.4. Shrinking

2. Population Growth

2.1. Demographic Factors

2.1.1. Factors that cause the population to increase

2.1.1.1. Immigration

2.1.1.2. Birth

2.1.2. Factors that cause the population to decrease

2.1.2.1. Death

2.1.2.2. Emigration

2.2. Behaviors/Models

2.2.1. Exponential

2.2.2. Logistic

2.2.2.1. Lag Phase

2.2.2.2. Log Phase

2.2.2.3. Stationary Phase

2.2.2.4. Death Phase

2.3. Limiting Factors

2.3.1. density-dependent factors

2.3.2. density-independent factors

3. Types of Populations

3.1. Semelparous

3.2. Iteroparous

4. Importance and Applications

4.1. Conservation of diverse plants and animals

4.2. Control of noxious pests, including human parasites and pathogens

4.3. Maintenance of economically important animal and plant populations

4.4. Insurance companies make good use of these life tables, using it to calculate insurance rates that, statistically, guarantee a tidy profit

5. Short History

5.1. 1798

5.2. 1838

5.3. 1959

5.4. 1965/1967