A population of quail live in an area of prairie grasslands. In good years, a pa

Students might discuss the r-selection strategy of quail and their potential for exceeding the carrying capacity in a year with good weather and plentiful food, an exponential growth rate. They might talk about the population dispersion (clumped). They might choose to look at the age distribution or draw an age-structure diagram, illustrating the large number of eggs and chicks and the rapid loss of young. Density-independent factors would include things such as weather and drought or floods. Some density dependent factors might be disease, predators, available nesting sites, and the amount of food available.