Ecology: Lecture 5 October 7, 2005

Survivorship curves  Fig

Variation in survivorship pattern for the annual garden rocket  Fig

Mortality curve compared to survivorship curve  Comparison of Fig to 10.15

Fecundity curve  Fig

Geometric finite rate of increase, λ GenerationNtNt λ

Exponential vs. geometric growth  Fig. 11.1

Exponential growth: changing r values  Fig. 11.2

Logistic growth  Fig. 11.7

dn/dt as function of population size in logistic growth  Fig and 11.7

Time lag  Fig. 11.8