Population Ecology

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012 – Population Ecology

In this video Paul Andersen explains how population ecology studies the density, distribution, size, sex ration, and age structure of populations. Intrinsic growth rate and exponential growth calculations are included along with a discussion of logistic growth. K-selected and r-selected species are explained along with survivorship curves.

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Agriculture, U. S. Department of. Whooping Crane in Flight in Texas. USDA Photo by John Noll., March 18, 2011. Flickr: 20110214-USDA-JN-0001. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whooping_Crane_in_flight_in_Texas.jpg.
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“Canada Lynx.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, July 25, 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canada_lynx&oldid=672981991.
Headquarters, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Adult Whooping Crane (Grus Americana) with Chick., February 23, 2012. Adult Whooping Crane and Chick. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adult_Whooping_Crane_and_Chick_(6923604379).jpg.
Husthwaite, Ray. English: Survivorship Curves, 23 April 09. Own work (Original text: I created this work entirely by myself.). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survivorship_Curves.jpg.
Karine, Gill-Weir. “The Whooping Cranes: Survivors Against All Odds,” n.d. http://www.prairiefirenewspaper.com/2010/09/the-whooping-cranes-survivors-against-all-odds.
Robertson, D. Gordon E. English: Snowshoe Hare (Lepus Americanus), White Morph, Shirleys Bay, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 21, 2013. Own work. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowshoe_Hare,_Shirleys_Bay.jpg.
Sasata. English: The Whooping Crane, Grus Americana at the Calgary Zoo., September 11, 2010. Own work. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grus_americana_Sasata.jpg.
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Hank brings us to the next level of ecological study with ecosystem ecology, which looks at how energy, nutrients, and materials are getting shuffled around within an ecosystem (a collection of living and nonliving things interacting in a specific place), and which basically comes down to who is eating who.

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Table of Contents
1) Defining Ecosystems 0:49:1
2) Trophic Structure 4:44:1
a) Primary Producers 5:27
b) Primary Consumers 5:41
c) Secondary Consumers 5:49:1
d) Tertiary Consumers 5:58:2
e) Detrivores 6:08:1
3) Bioaccumulation 8:47

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40 thoughts on “Population Ecology”

  1. Doesn't that "e" in the equation imply that the newborns start breeding straight away? Or is this only ment for huge time scales.

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  2. I thought deep sea bacterium made up the majority of biomass gaining their energy from chemosynthesis…So aren't they the so called kings

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  3. this video is great, ill be watching them all semester. much appreciated to the people/person that made the video.

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  4. Hank describes those 'magic eye pictures' from 1994. I totally thought of that pissed off dude in the movie Mallrats who freaks out after everyone other than himself at the mall can see the hidden sailboat in the picture

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  5. It's funny when I get a compliment on being vegan from a science-driven person 🙂

    SUPER-AMAZING-FRUIT-MUNCHING-COMMENT!!!

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  6. I hate this guy because my teacher always makes us take notes to whatever he is talking about and he talks to fast

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