1 When the severity of a factor that regulates population gr

1. When the severity of a factor that regulates population growth is affected by the number of individuals within a area, that factor is said to be ______________________.

competition dependent

2. Birds have a Type II survivorship curve. What does this mean for the life expectancy of birds?

None of the above

3.You are studying a population of white-tailed deer. The population size is 500 individuals. During the last year, there were 100 births and 50 deaths in the population. What is the per capita growth rate (r) for the population during the last year?

4. Which of the following pairs contains 1 density-dependent factor, and 1 density-independent factor

Solution

1). c). Density-dependent

Factors that are dependent on number of individuals within a area are density dependent. For example, the avaialblity of natural resources is a factor that regulates population growth. But if the number of individuals are more, the resources will be less and vice versa.