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Population ecology

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The ecological study of the dynamics of populations of a single species.


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Question on Predators/ NS

... Alternatively the carp is going to hunt all prey to death, and the carp population is going to collapse because the ecosystem will not be abl to ... I do not really see your point. In fact, this would belong more to the ecology forum.

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by canalon
Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:35 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Question on Predators/ NS
Replies: 6
Views: 157

Re: barnacle ditribution

... the absence of one species will have on another. The normal two species population is the control. 2: D. exposure to air or saline Since I might ... may not benefit from (further affecting speciation, biogeography, and ecology/behavior). 3: B: Keystone species I do not know anything about barnacles, ...

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by Zach
Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:55 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: barnacle ditribution
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Views: 779

Re: Questions about a career in biology

... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm Biochemistry, ecology, genetics, population biology and molecular biology are good fundamentals for this sort of work, along ...

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by jonmoulton
Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:07 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Questions about a career in biology
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Views: 165

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... the chance of survival and reproduction) to become more common in a population and causes harmful traits to become more rare ”(Ref: Futuyma, ... Review of Relevant Ideas and Observations," Annual Review of Ecology and Systematic, 1983 14:93)

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by gamila
Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:47 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16287

Re: Lotka-Volterra Models

... if it is alpha (representing the independent growth rate of the prey's population) then a lesser effect of the predators population (P1) on the ... I hope it helps (and please correct me if I'm wrong, my community ecology subject in college was not quite well imparted). Greetings, JAP

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by JAP1st
Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:18 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Lotka-Volterra Models
Replies: 4
Views: 1174
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