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age structure: relative number of individuals of each age in the population
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carrying capacity: maximum population size a particular environment can sustain
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cohort: a group of individuals of the same age
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demographic transition: movement of high birth and death rates towards low birth and death rates
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demography: study of vital statistics of populations and how they change over time
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density: number of individuals per unit area or volume
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density dependent: describes a death rate that rises as population density rises
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density independent: describes a birth rate or death rate that doesn't change with population density
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dispersion: pattern of spacing among individuals within the population's boundaries
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ecological footprint: aggregate land and water area required by a person, city, or nation to produce all the resources it consumes and absorb all the waste it generates
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emigration: movement of individuals out of a population and into other locations
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exponential population growth: growth of a population in an ideal, unlimited environment, represented by a J-shaped curve when population size is plotted over time
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immigration: influx of new individuals from other areas
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iteropraity: reproduction in which adults produce offspring over many years
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K-selection: density-dependent selection
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life history: traits that affect an organism's schedule of reproduction and survival
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life tables: age-specific summaries of the survival pattern of a population
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logistic population growth: per capita rate of increase approaches zero as the carrying capacity is reached
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mark-recapture method: a sampling technique used to estimate the size of animal populations
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metapopulation: a number of local populations linked together
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population: group of individuals of a single species living in the same general area
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population dynamics: population fluctuations from year to year or place to place
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r-selection: density-independent selection
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reproductive table: an age-specific summary of the reproductive rates in a population
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semelparity: reproduction in which an organism produces all of its offspring in a single event
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survivorship curve: a plot of the proportion or numbers in a cohort still alive at each age
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territoriality: defense of a bounded physical space against encroachment by other individuals
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zero population growth: occurs when per capita birth and death rates are equal