Ecology: Lecture 4 October 5, 2005. Laysan’s albatross: Population at Midway I., breeding season Photo courtesy of Painet photos.

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Ecology: Lecture 4 October 5, 2005

Laysan’s albatross: Population at Midway I., breeding season Photo courtesy of Painet photos

Population of overwintering monarchs in Central Mexico Photo courtesy of The Journey North site

Ramets and genets om aspen trees  Fig. 10.2

Metapopulations  Fig. 10.3

Queen conchs

Spatial patterns of dispersion  Fig. 10.4

Uniform distribution of golden eagle territories  Fig. 10.5

Photos courtesy of Paul Ehrlich Euphydryas editha and its host plant, Plantago

Populations & metapopulation of Euphydryas editha on Jasper Ridge Photos and diagram courtesy of Paul Ehrlich

Yearly migrations  Fig. 10.9

Arctic and Antarctic terns Arctic tern Photo by Brian Small Antarctic tern Photo by Danny Gallant

Arctic tern migration

Age structure: theoretical age pyramids  Fig

Effects of missing year class in cactus ground finch  Fig