How do bacteria reproduce?
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By division.
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How do bacteria reproduce?
By division.
What does 'b' represent in the context of population growth?
The average birth rate.
What is the successional status of r-selected species?
Pioneer.
What characteristics define k strategists?
They are competitive species with long-lived individuals and stable populations.
What is natality?
The production of new individuals.
What is intraspecific competition?
Competition among individuals of the same species.
What do adaptive traits enable organisms to do?
Live and thrive in different types of ecosystems.
Which organism is commonly used as an example of population growth?
Bacteria.
What are density dependent factors?
Factors that regulate population size at or near carrying capacity by regulating the availability of environment and resources.
What is the condition of population growth when b=d?
Net growth is zero.
What is a contagious distribution in ecology?
A distribution where individuals are grouped together, often due to social behavior or resource availability.
What do species contribute to in Tansley's ecosystem concept?
They contribute to an interrelated whole.
How do adaptive traits affect an organism's fitness?
They increase the fitness of the organism.
What type of survivorship curve do extreme k-strategists follow?
Type I.
What type of environments do k strategists thrive in?
Mature, stable, and predictable environments.
What is the ecosystem concept proposed by Tansley?
Species create an 'interrelated whole' by connecting with the surrounding biological complex.
What is artificial regeneration?
Regeneration through methods like plantation and air seeding.
What are the key characteristics of a population?
Size and density, age structure, dispersion and ratios, natality, mortality, and life tables.
In what type of habitats are metapopulations typically found?
Fragmented habitats.
What is meant by mortality in the context of population?
The rate of death within a population.
What is the significance of life tables in population studies?
They provide a summary of the mortality and survival rates of a population.
What is the density of phytoplankton in a water body?
5000 cells per liter.
What are density-independent factors?
Factors that influence mortality regardless of population density, typically physical or chemical in nature.
What is the complement of mortality rate?
The probability of living or surviving.
What does the probability of death look like in a Type II survivorship curve?
It remains almost the same across all age classes.
What is the Optimum Tolerance Range?
The range where organisms are abundant and fitness and growth are maximum.
Name one factor that influences population regulation.
Predation.
What is a metapopulation?
A population of populations.
What does carrying capacity (K) refer to?
The maximum population that a natural ecosystem can sustain under given environmental conditions.
What is natural regeneration?
Regeneration that occurs through seed dispersers or natural factors.
What does natural distribution of species involve?
Combining observations of species occurrence or abundance with the natural environment.
What factors influence a species' ability to occupy its natural habitat?
Natural factors such as climate, soil, geology, and topography.
What are cosmopolitan species?
Species that can occupy large areas.
What is plotted on the vertical column to derive a survivorship curve?
Logarithms of the number of survivors (l x).
In which Indian state is the natural regeneration of Shorea robusta being studied?
Uttarakhand.
What characterizes the linear curve (Type II) in survivorship?
Constant mortality rate throughout all age classes.
What role does Ecological Natality play in ecosystems?
It helps maintain ecological balance by controlling the proliferation of insignificant biota.
What prefix is used for species that tolerate a wide range of changes?
Eury.
What is the carrying capacity denoted by in logistic growth?
K.
What variables does autecology measure to understand organisms?
Light, humidity, and available nutrients.
What does a concave curve (Type III) indicate?
Excessively high mortality rates in early life.
What type of habitat do k-selected species typically inhabit?
Less harsh with less vacant space.
What is regeneration?
The ability to replace dead and decayed parts or whole organisms by new ones.
What do species require for successful survival?
Specific environmental requirements.
How did Berryman (2002) define a population?
A group of individuals of the same species that live together in an area of sufficient size to permit normal dispersal and/or migration behaviors.
What does the symbol 'K' represent in ecology?
Carrying capacity of the environment.
What does clumped distribution indicate?
Individuals are clustered in specific areas, often around resources or social groups.
What is a regular or uniform distribution?
A distribution where individuals are evenly spaced, often due to territorial behavior or competition for resources.
What is one factor that affects population size related to resource availability?
Competition.
What is crude density?
Number or biomass per unit total space.
What are some examples of density-independent factors?
Weather and natural disasters.
What does 'r' represent in population growth equations?
The intrinsic growth rate or Malthusian factor, calculated as b - d.
How can disease impact population size?
Disease can lead to increased mortality rates, reducing population size.
How many basic forms of survivorship curves are there?
Three.
Give examples of organisms that exhibit a Type II survivorship curve.
Several perennial plants, hydra, many rodents, birds, and lizards.
What type of climate is associated with r-selection?
Variable and unpredictable.
What is the development time for r-selected species?
Rapid.
What is the relationship between adaptation and evolution?
Adaptation is the basis of the evolutionary process.
What does the growth rate of a population represent?
The number of individuals added to a population per unit time.
What is specific growth rate?
The growth rate per organism.
What does ecological amplitude refer to?
The tolerance of a species to fluctuations in environmental conditions.
What does natality refer to in population characteristics?
The production of new individuals.
What does mortality refer to in a population?
The death of any individuals in a population.
What is ecological or realized mortality?
Loss of individuals due to death in given ecological conditions.
What are endemic species?
Species that are restricted to small regions.
What does a convex survivorship curve (type I) indicate?
Remarkably low mortality during most of life.
What ecological role does Shorea robusta play in its habitat?
It serves as a significant tree species for forest regeneration.
What is the focus of autecology?
The study of environmental interrelationships of a particular species.
Is Ecological Natality constant over time and space?
No, it is not constant due to dynamic changes in physical constraints.
What is the effect of density-independent factors on population survival?
They affect survival equally, whether population density is high or low.
Give an example of a species with ecological amplitude.
Fire-adapted species or those resistant to pests.
Provide examples of organisms that exhibit a Type III survivorship curve.
Several plants, most insects, and many fishes.
What type of climate is associated with k-selection?
Fairly constant and predictable.
What is the successional status of k-selected species?
Later successional stage.
What is the typical seed number for r-selected species?
High.
How do humans exhibit natality?
Through born individuals.
What is autecology?
The investigation and interpretation of the spatio-temporal dynamics of species.
What does the Allee Principle state?
Under crowding as well as overcrowding may be limiting to populations.
What type of survivorship curve do extreme r-strategists tend to follow?
Type III.
What does dispersion indicate in ecology?
The spatial and temporal distribution of individuals.
What is density in ecological terms?
Number of individuals per unit area or per unit volume.
What is an example of density for Shorea robusta in a forest?
300 trees per hectare.
Under what conditions are chances of random dispersion higher?
When the environment is uniform and resources are equally available throughout the year.
What characterizes a random distribution?
Individuals are distributed without a predictable pattern, often due to the absence of strong interactions among them.
How does predation influence population size?
Predation can decrease the population of prey species.
What characterizes the Stress Zone?
Organisms are few and experience stress due to suboptimal conditions.
What are some factors affecting density?
Time and space, size of individuals, trophic level.
What causes a fixed fraction of each age to be removed in a Type II curve?
Predators, accidents, and other causes.
How does population size relate to environmental gradients?
Population size varies along environmental gradients, with maximum fitness in the optimum range.
What type of habitat do r-selected species typically inhabit?
Harsh and physically more vacant space.
What is the life span of r-selected species?
Short.
What does adaptation explain regarding individual organisms?
Tolerance range and acclimation.
What is binary fission?
A method of reproduction in Euglena.
What are the two basic patterns of population growth?
Exponential growth and logistic growth.
What do adaptive traits describe?
The characteristics of an organism.
What is a metapopulation?
A set of spatially separated populations with some form of migration or mixing behavior among them.
How can species be metaphorically described in relation to their environment?
As a crystal of solute immersed in the solvent of the environment.
What does a metapopulation construct consist of?
Several spatially discrete populations and areas of suitable habitat that are either occupied or unoccupied.
What is a key characteristic of a metapopulation?
A group of two or more populations that exchange genes.
What is ecological amplitude?
The degree of adaptation of any organism to fluctuations in its environment.
What is the formula for calculating total births (B)?
B = bN, where N is the population size.
What does dispersion refer to in population characteristics?
The way individuals are spaced within a given area.
What role does migration play in population size?
Migration can increase or decrease population size depending on the movement of individuals in and out of an area.
Give examples of organisms that exhibit a type I survivorship curve.
Human, whale, elephant, mountain sheep.
Why is the study of natural regeneration important for Shorea robusta?
To ensure sustainable forest management and conservation.
What does the formula K-N/K represent?
Environmental resistance in logistic growth.
How do organisms respond to changed environmental conditions according to autecology?
By shifting spatially to achieve environmental matching.
How does population size vary in r-selected species?
Variable.
What is the competition level like for k-selected species?
Keen and important.
How much energy do r-selected species allocate to reproductive structures?
High.
What is the formula for calculating growth rate?
Growth rate = ΔN / Δt, where ΔN is the change in the number of organisms and Δt is the time interval.
What happens to the population at the carrying capacity?
There would be no net growth in the population.
What are r strategists according to Macarthur and Wilson?
Organisms selected for wide dispersal and rapid growth in unstable environments.
What is regular dispersion?
Evenness in concentration of individuals is highest.
What characterizes random dispersion?
Evenness in concentration of individuals is intermediate, with each individual having an equal chance to occupy a place.
How do r strategists differ from k strategists in terms of population stability?
R strategists have unstable populations, while k strategists maintain stable populations.
How is mortality rate typically expressed?
In units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year.
What factors affect Ecological or Realized Natality?
Several physical factors that lower natality to a level below its theoretical maximum.
What type of mortality is observed in type I survivorship curves?
Heavy mortality at the age of senescence.
Who introduced the concept of population regulation?
Verhaulst in 1838.
What type of approach does autecology primarily use?
Experimental.
What effect do natural disasters have on population size?
Natural disasters can cause significant loss of life and habitat, reducing population size.
What is interspecific competition?
Competition between different species for resources.
What is the development time for k-selected species?
Slow.
What is the life span of k-selected species?
Long.
What can successful adaptation lead to?
Long survival and more reproduction.
What is the natality rate?
The number produced per female per unit time.
What is the significance of connections in Tansley's ecosystem concept?
Connections among species create a complex biological system.
What is the relationship between adaptive traits and distribution?
Adaptive traits increase the distribution of organisms.
What does a sudden and drastic decrease in population indicate?
An unhealthy population leading to a threat.
What is the definition of population size?
The number of individuals in a population at a given time.
What are the factors affecting population size?
Natality, mortality, emigration, and immigration.
What is Maximum or Absolute or Potential or Physiological Natality?
The natality that a population realizes without any constraint, which is constant.
What does ecological amplitude express?
The ranges of change (range of demand and tolerance) in the environment.
How is total deaths (D) calculated in a population?
D = dN, where N is the population size.
What does the vital index represent?
The ratio of birth and death.
What are density dependent processes?
Processes where population growth rates are regulated by the density of a population.
What does ecological amplitude refer to?
The range of environmental conditions that a species can tolerate.
How does waste accumulation affect population regulation?
It can limit population growth by creating unfavorable living conditions.
How does population size behave in k-selected species?
Fairly constant, near carrying capacity (K).
What type of mortality is common in r-selected species?
Density independent, often catastrophic.
What can changes in environmental conditions lead to in organisms?
Changes in form, physiology, and behavior.
What is macro proliferation?
The production of clones.
What does 'd' signify in population dynamics?
The probability of death per individual.
Can populations in a metapopulation interact over long distances?
Yes, for example, trees separated by long distances may still interact by transferring pollen.
How do human activities affect species distribution?
By altering habitats, creating barriers, and transporting species to new locations.
How does ecological amplitude relate to species?
It expresses the reaction of species against particular or groups of environmental factors.
What factors influence the natural regeneration of Shorea robusta?
Soil quality, moisture availability, and light conditions.
What prefix is used for species that tolerate a narrow range of changes?
Steno.
In what way can war affect population size?
War can lead to loss of life, displacement, and disruption of resources, impacting population size.
What role do diseases play in population regulation?
Diseases, such as those caused by parasites, can reduce population size.
What is the competition level like for r-selected species?
Variable and less important.
What is the typical seed number for k-selected species?
Low.
What is adaptation in organisms?
Adaptation allows organisms to adjust and survive according to resource availability.
How do birds exhibit natality?
Through hatched individuals.
What is the primary species discussed in the context of natural regeneration in Uttarakhand?
Shorea robusta (Sal).
What does age structure indicate in a population?
The distribution of individuals of different ages within the population.
What is the Zone of Intolerance?
A region where organisms are absent due to extreme environmental conditions.
What is specific density?
Number or biomass per unit of habitat space, i.e., actual available area.
How does a forest fire affect an individual deer in terms of population density?
An individual deer may be killed regardless of how many deer are in the area; survival chances remain the same.
Why is the Type II survivorship curve also called a diagonal curve?
Because it reaches a diagonal straight line.
What are the lower and upper limits in ecological tolerance?
The lower limit is where organisms begin to be absent, and the upper limit is where conditions become too extreme.
What does autecology quantify regarding organisms?
The survival and reproductive consequences of their interactions with the environment.
What type of mortality is common in k-selected species?
Density dependent.
How much energy do k-selected species allocate to reproductive structures?
Low.
What are the special characteristics of organisms that enable success in specific environmental conditions called?
Adaptation.
How do plants exhibit natality?
Through seed germination.