BIOL 2300 midterm 2 Exam 2025 Questions and Answers

BIOL 2300 midterm 2 Exam 2025
Questions and Answers


Population defintion - --CORRECT ANSWER--Group of individuals of one

species living together

Population Structure is characterized by - --CORRECT ANSWER--Spatial,

Age/Size, Genetic structures

Spatial Structure and examples - --CORRECT ANSWER--How individuals

organize themselves in space

- Patterns of dispersal

-Patterns of dispersion

-Geographic range

-Population size

Age/size structure and examples - --CORRECT ANSWER--number of individuals

in each age/size class

-demographic rates (birth, death, migration) change throughout lifetime




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, Genetic Structure - --CORRECT ANSWER--genetic composition of all

individuals within the population

Habitat patch - --CORRECT ANSWER--Example of geographical range

- area of homogeneous environmental conditions

can be heterogeneously distributed over range, separated by unsuitable habitat

(results in local populations within range

Subpopulation def - --CORRECT ANSWER--Local populations within a

geographical range

Metapopulation - --CORRECT ANSWER--Collection of local populations

interacting within the geographical range

How do local populations interact - --CORRECT ANSWER--Dispersal

- Emigration

-Immigration

The degree of interaction among local populations depends on: - --CORRECT

ANSWER--Ability to disperse

-Distance between habitats

-Suitability of enviro conditions and resource abundance between

-Barriers




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