Chapter 11 -- Population Growth
     Exponential Growth




                                 Scots Pine in Great Britain                                                      Whooping Cranes in the U.S.

                                            Eurasian Collared Dove in Great Britain

Sigmoidal (S-Shaped) Growth Curves -- Logistic Population Growth



   

    The meaning of r and K

Limiting Factors -- Density dependent and Density independent

    A complex set of interactive factors


Human Age Structure Curves

Chapter 12 -- Life Histories
        Offspring Number vs. Size
            Darter fish

 

     Seeds among different plants

 

Adult Survival and Reproductive Allocation

Life History variation within a species
              Pumpkinseed Fish





Life History Classification
        r and K selection (discussed at length in class)

        Grimes plant life history classification