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Ecology
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How living things interact with each other
living things and their environment
NOT environmentalism
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How a population is described
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1. Density- number of animals
2. Size- total number of individuals in the area
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Uniform population
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Homogeneous (environment is same throughout)
ex: penguin
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Random population
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Very rare
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Clumped population
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Heterogeneous (different resources throughout)
ex: people
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Indirect population size
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Examining evidence
burrows, deer rubs, feices
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Direct population size
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Marking species,
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Why do we care about populaton size?
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Health of populations
conservation measures
hunting limits
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Invasive species
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European rabbits
cane toads
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