Population Growth
Exponential vs. Density Dependent Growth
Subtopics
- exponential and density - dependent growth, limitation and regulation
- Antechinus example
- wolf example
Reading
- Chapter 9 (section 9.1)
Overheads
Verhulst-Pearl, Linear Density Dependence
Subtopics
- Wildebeest example. Part 2
- Populus example of linear density-dependent growth, including dynamics of time-lagged density-dependence. This exercise uses the free program Populus. You can download a version for your own computer here.
- Nonlinear density dependence - theta logistic example
Short quiz on Wednesday 3/11 in class over models of population growth. Be sure to understand the 4 plots in the Populus exercise using the Pearl Verhulst model of linear density dependent growth.
With a little time to consider, I did decide to accept answer D to question 2, as someone suggested.
Reading
- Chapter 11
