Exam 44: Population Ecology

Consider the life of the praying mantis.The large predatory female lays several hundred eggs in a foam mass in the fall.The young are most vulnerable when they emerge in the spring,but the few that survive spread out over the countryside and,if they find a mate,lay eggs the following fall.Which type of survivorship curve does this represent?

Which of the following circumstances would cause exponential growth to move into a logistic growth phase?

In the near future,the human population is predicted to involve

The sequence of decreased death rate followed by a decrease in birthrate is called

Which of the following lifestyle changes would have the greatest impact on reducing an individuals environmental impact?

Which of the following studies would lie outside of an ecologists skill set?

The particular place where an organism lives is its