Populations and Succession

The ecological role an organism performs in their specific environment is considered the organism's

The number of individuals per unit area

Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL

What type of curve is being shown in the image?

What is the range of the American wood turtle?

This type of succession that occurs after a forest fire

True/False: Climate change can be an ecological disturbance that many ecosystems may not recover from

What type of curve is being shown in the image?

Human population growth started during this time period

Species who have the niche of being early colonizers to new ecosystems

Give an example of a density independent limiting factor

This is the process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. The time scale can be decades (for example, after a wildfire), or even millions of years after a mass extinction.

When organisms enter and live in a new population

All the organisms of a particular type living in the same place at the same time is called a _______. An example is a herd of zebra.

True/False: Ecosystems that are more diverse are able to recover from disturbance more quickly.

The end result of ecological succession is usually a(n)

These organisms can break down rocks and create soil through decomposition of their bodies

True/False: Parasitism and disease are density dependent limiting factors.

Which kind of dispersion is #1?

The largest number of individuals that an area can support is called its

A country with an age structure that looks like this will most likely _________ in population.

What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?

Nesting birds often space themselves evenly from other nests. This dispersion pattern is called

What is the carrying capacity of the population portrayed in this graph?