Population Dynamics
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Allee Effect A phenomenon where individual fitness or population growth rate increases with population density, at least at low densi... Carrying Capacity The maximum population size an environment can sustain indefinitely given available resources. The population level at w... Cohort A group of individuals of the same age in a population, or more generally, a group experiencing the same event in the sa... Density-Dependent Factors whose effects on population growth vary with population density. Competition, predation, and disease typically h... Density-Independent Factors affecting populations regardless of density—typically environmental events like floods, fires, droughts, or extr... Exponential Growth Growth at a constant percentage rate, producing a J-shaped curve where larger populations grow faster in absolute terms.... Fecundity The reproductive rate of an organism—the number of offspring produced per individual per unit time. A key component of p... Logistic Growth Population growth that starts exponentially but slows as it approaches the environment's carrying capacity, producing an...