CH 48 – Population Growth人口增长48.ppt

Population Growth Agenda CH 5-1 Population Growth CH 5-2 Limits to Growth Population A population has 4 characteristics Geographic distribution Density Growth rate So how many students are in here? How about in two rooms? Population density the number of individuals per unit area Volunteers How can a population change? Populations can change by: Immigration – moving into a population Emigration – moving out of a population Birthrate Deathrate Population growth graph X axis = time Y axis = number of individuals Exponential Growth (J curve) Ideal conditions with unlimited resources Population grows exponentially Logistic growth (S curve) Resources are less available Population growth slows or stops Concept Map Limiting Factors Limiting factor A situation that causes the growth of a population to decrease Some limiting factors depend on the size of the population. Other limiting factors affect all populations in similar ways. Limiting factors Density dependent factors Affected by population Food, space, competition, waste, so on Density independent factors Population does not affect it Natural disasters, weather Both are limiting factors that affect the overall population Wolf and Moose Populations on Isle Royale Homework SA 5-1 #1-6 SA 5-2 #1-5 Read Ch 5-3 * * * * Number of Mice Time (hours) Carrying capacity Population Growth can be represented by characterized by characterized by represented by which cause a Exponential growth Logistic growth Falling growth rate S-shaped curve Limits on growth No limits on growth J-shaped curve Constant growth rate Unlimited resources 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 1600 1200 800 400 0 2400 Moose Wolves