![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/sites/dl/free/007029416x/title/MOLLES2E02SP_sm.jpg) Ecology, Concepts and Applications, 2/e Manuel C. Molles,
University of New Mexico - Albuquerque
Population Dynamics
Chapter Objectives
A survivorship curve summarizes the pattern of survival in a population. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The age distribution of a population reflects its history of survival, reproduction, and potential for future growth. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A life table combined with a fecundity schedule can be used to estimate net reproductive rate (R0), geometric rate of increase, (), generation time (T), and per capita rate of increase (r). |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Dispersal can increase or decrease local population densities. |
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