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6.1 Dynamics of Population of Population Growth

 * How can we describe population growth with symbols? with graphs
 * How exponential growth describes continuous change
 * What is a s-shaped growth curve and why?
 * What is sustainable yield
 * What are the two ways species respond to limits
 * **Lynx Hare worksheet**: [|what goes up must come down.pdf]
 * **Oh Deer activity**: [|Oh Deer L1 modified MJS s12]

6.2 Complicating the story r-BIDE

 * What are the impacts of birth rate, death rate, immigration and emigration to growth rate?
 * How do we interpret a survivorship graph? How do the three curves differ from one another?

6.3 Factors that regulate Population Growth

 * What are the types of factors that regulate population growth?
 * Provide examples of density dependent and density independent population factors

6.4 Conservation Biology
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 * What are the factors that limit species and genetic diversity?
 * What are the impacts of fragmented habitats to populations?