Summary Population and Community Ecology

Summarized Population Ecology Notes: Population Ecology Terms and Definitions. Factors affecting population size. Carrying Capacity, Limiting Factors(Density dependent and independent) and Population Regulation. Stable and Unstable Populations. Population Size Measuring: Direct Methods - Census, Arial photography and Indirect Methods: Mark and Recapture, Quadrat Method. Predator and Prey Relationship: Explanation, Benefits and Examples. Food Webs and Populations: Interconnection and affect of 1 species on another. Competition: Interspecific and Intraspecific. Competitive Exclusion and Competitive Co-Existence. Ecological Niches, Adaptation: Resource Partitioning in forest(Stratification), Coexisting Large Herbivores, Coexisting Shorebirds, Coexisting Predators. Ecological Succession: Stages and Explanations. Examples and Flow Diagrams. Division of Tasks among Castes and Social Organization: Explanations and Examples - Wild dogs and Termites. Human Population Dynamics, Population Pyramids, Environment and Conservation.