Sub Field of ecology that
deals with the dynamics
of species population
The way a population
interacts with the enviroment
Change in the size of a
population throught time
and space
Species
Basic unit of taxonomic classification consisting
of a population or series of populations that are
closely related
Population
Group of individuals of the same
species living in the same place
Population ecology is "the plural of Ecology" it studies the same
dynamics that ecology but in groupsof individuals (populations).
Population ecology´s concepts came from the basis of ecology.
Individual Processes:
Development, Growth, Feeding,
Reproduction, Death
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Population Ecology
Population Characteristics:
Population Density, Age
Distribution, Sex ratio, Spatial
distribution
Population Processes:
Population Growth, Changes in
age Distribution, Mortality
Geographical Range
Potential distribution of species
and populations
Cosmopolitan
Species ditributed worldwide
Ex: Cannis Lupus ( Grey wolf)
Endemic
species found only in small places,
distributed in a resticted and unique
area only in that area
Ex: lemur catta ( Madagascar lemur)
Variables of Geographic Range
History
Distribution of species in past times. Ex: long time ago, species were
distributed in pangea. When pangea divided the classification in the
distribution of species divided acording to the parts of pangea, The
gondwanan distribution and the laurrasian distribution.
Bological tolerances
An individual of a certain species can´t
withstand al types of ecosystems. Ex: Ursus
maritimus can´t survive in a rainforest
ecosystem.