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| Measure of the number of new individuals produced by a population during a certain interval of time |
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| Maximum size of a population that can be maintained by the resources available to the environment |
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| Measure of the number of individuals within a population that died during a certain interval of time |
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| Term referring to a factor that only affects a population once it has reached a certain size |
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| Term referring to a factor that affects growth of a population regardless of the population’s density |
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| Steady state shown by a population that has reached the carrying capacity of its environment |
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| Set of factors that affect the size of a population and prevent it from increasing in size indefinitely |
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| Negative feedback control that regulates population size |
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| Group of individuals of the same species |
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| The number of individuals present per unit area or volume of a habitat |
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| Study of population changes and the factors that bring them about |
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