An invasive ant species has invaded the dairy bush. This species is known to cause considerable damage to mature trees. The population dynamics are given from a 1 square meter quadrat sample for the years 2007-2011 (see above). Make a table like the one above and fill in the missing values. Graph a population curve for the invasive ant population (x-axis year; y-axis final population size at the end of each year) and for each of the following statements, indicate whether it is True or False. (Enter 1 for True and 2 for False) There is no problem with this invasion because ants could not cause any ecological damage in a woodlot. If this population does not reach carrying capacity, there will be over 1000 invasive ants in the 1m square quadrat in 2016 (10 years of population growth). The population of invasive ants is at carrying capacity in the woodlot ecosystem. The population of invasive ants is NOT at carrying capacity in the woodlot ecosystem. There are 70 ants in the 1m square quadrat at the beginning of 2008.
Population Growth
R and K Selection
R and K selection are concepts in ecology used to describe traits in the fluctuation of a population or population dynamics. For example, they describe the life-association traits between parent and offspring, such as quantity or number of young ones born at a time, quality of parental care, the age to maturity, and reproductive effort.
An invasive ant species has invaded the dairy bush. This species is known to cause considerable damage to mature trees. The population dynamics are given from a 1 square meter quadrat sample for the years 2007-2011 (see above). Make a table like the one above and fill in the missing values. Graph a population curve for the invasive ant population (x-axis year; y-axis final
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