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Unit: Populations

APES:
EIN (BI)
,
EIN‑1 (EU)

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Species growth

r and K-strategies for winning at life.
APES:
EIN (BI)
,
EIN‑4 (EU)
,
EIN‑4.C (LO)
,
EIN‑4.C.5 (EK)
,
ERT (BI)
,
ERT‑3 (EU)
,
ERT‑3.A (LO)
,
ERT‑3.A.1 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.B (LO)
,
ERT‑3.B.1 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.B.2 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.B.3 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.B.4 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.B.5 (EK)

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Population growth

Time to increase our carrying capacity for knowledge!
APES:
ERT (BI)
,
ERT‑3 (EU)
,
ERT‑3.C (LO)
,
ERT‑3.C.1 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.C.2 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.D (LO)
,
ERT‑3.D.1 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.E (LO)
,
ERT‑3.E.1 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.F (LO)
,
ERT‑3.F.1 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.F.2 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.F.3 (EK)
,
ERT‑3.F.5 (EK)

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Human populations

To grow or not to grow, that really is the question.
APES:
EIN (BI)
,
EIN‑1 (EU)
,
EIN‑1.A (LO)
,
EIN‑1.A.1 (EK)
,
EIN‑1.B (LO)
,
EIN‑1.B.1 (EK)
,
EIN‑1.B.2 (EK)
,
EIN‑1.C (LO)
,
EIN‑1.C.1 (EK)
,
EIN‑1.C.2 (EK)
,
EIN‑1.C.4 (EK)
,
EIN‑1.C.4
,
EIN‑1.D (LO)
,
EIN‑1.D.1 (EK)
,
EIN‑1.D.2 (EK)

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About this unit

This unit examines the relationship between the type of species and the changes in habitat over time. Learn about generalist and specialist species, K-selected ad r-selected species, survivorship, carrying capacity, population growth, age structure, fertility, human population dynamics, and the demographic transition model.