Population Ecology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• age structure : the relative number of individuals of each age in the population.
• semelparity : reproduction in which an organism produces all of its offspring in a single event.
• meta population : a group of spatially separated populations of one species that interact through immigration and emigration.
• carrying capacity : the maximum population size an environment can contain.
• iteroparity : reproduction in which adults produce offspring over many years.
• emigration : the movement of individuals out of a population.
• immigration : the influx of new individuals from other areas.
• k selection : selection of life history traits that are sensitive to population density.
• population : a group of individuals of the same species living in an area.
• dispersion : the pattern of spacing among individuals within the boundaries of the population.
• r selection : selection of traits that maximize reproductive success in uncrowded environments.
• ecological footprint : the land and water area required by each person, city or nation to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb all the waste it generates.
• density : the number of individuals per unit area or volume.
• demography : the study of the vital statistics of a population.