Population Dynamics Questions

1. Give an example of Type I, Type II, and Type III survivorship and explain how survivorship relates to population change.

2. Explain the difference between population dynamics and demography.

3. Explain the difference between exponential, logistic, and sigmoidal growth.

4. What is the kind of growth that the human population is currently experiencing?   Explain and show your reference

5. Give examples of competitive exclusion, and the Allee Effect.

6. What is predation and how does it affect evolution?

7. Explain the 3 symbiotic relationships with examples

8. What happens if the top carnivore/predator is removed from an ecological community? Explain using an example.

9. What is succession and what type of disturbances can interrupt succession