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Chapter 5 Populations

5.1 How Populations Grow

How do ecologists study populations?

What factors affect population growth?

What happens during exponential growth?

What is logistic growth?

5.2 Limits to Growth

What factors determine carrying capacity?

What limiting factors depend on population density?

What limiting factors do not typically depend on density?

 

5.3 Human Population Growth

How has human population changed over time?

Why do population growth rates differ among countries?

 

VIDEOS:

The Science of Overpopulation 10:17

mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD-yN2G5BY0

TED Talk

mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLmKfXwWQtE

BBC Population pyramids

mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuz6jyxRGSg

VIDEO:

 

The More the Merrier?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdlKVfk7_iQ