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population
community
ecology
biotic
abiotic
demography
population density
population dispersion
metapopulation
cohort
life table
fecundity
survivorship, type I
survivorship, type II
survivorship, type II
age structure
prereproductive age
reproductive age
postreproductive age
per capita rate of increase or r
G=rN
exponential growth
J-shaped curve
rmax or the intrinsic rate of increase
biotic potential
environmental resistance
carrying capacity
growth rate
logistic growth
G=rmax N(K-N/K)
potential growth
degree of realization
density-dependent factors
predation
density-independent factors
boom and bust cycle
infant mortality
life histories
r-selected species
K-selected species
megacities







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