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Biology, Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Environmental Limits to Population Growth
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the characteristics of and differences between exponential and logistic growth patternsGive examples of exponential and logistic growth in natural populationsDescribe how natural selection and environmental adaptation led to the evolution of particular life history patterns

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Biology, Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Human Population Growth
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Discuss how human population growth can be exponentialExplain how humans have expanded the carrying capacity of their habitatRelate population growth and age structure to the level of economic development in different countriesDiscuss the long-term implications of unchecked human population growth

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Biology, Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Life Histories and Natural Selection
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe how life history patterns are influenced by natural selectionExplain different life history patterns and how different reproductive strategies affect species’ survival

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Biology, Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Population Demography
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe how ecologists measure population size and densityDescribe three different patterns of population distributionUse life tables to calculate mortality ratesDescribe the three types of survivorship curves and relate them to specific populations

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Biology, Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Population Dynamics and Regulation
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Give examples of how the carrying capacity of a habitat may changeCompare and contrast density-dependent growth regulation and density-independent growth regulation, giving examplesGive examples of exponential and logistic growth in wild animal populationsDescribe how natural selection and environmental adaptation leads to the evolution of particular life-history patterns

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Biology, Evolutionary Processes, Evolution and the Origin of Species, Formation of New Species
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Define species and describe how species are identified as differentDescribe genetic variables that lead to speciationIdentify prezygotic and postzygotic reproductive barriersExplain allopatric and sympatric speciationDescribe adaptive radiation

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Biology, Evolutionary Processes, Evolution and the Origin of Species, Reconnection and Rates of Speciation
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe pathways of species evolution in hybrid zonesExplain the two major theories on rates of speciation

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Biology, Evolutionary Processes, Evolution and the Origin of Species, Understanding Evolution
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe how the present-day theory of evolution was developedDefine adaptationExplain convergent and divergent evolutionDescribe homologous and vestigial structuresDiscuss misconceptions about the theory of evolution

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Biology, Evolutionary Processes, Phylogenies and the History of Life, Determining Evolutionary Relationships
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Compare homologous and analogous traitsDiscuss the purpose of cladisticsDescribe maximum parsimony

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Biology, Evolutionary Processes, Phylogenies and the History of Life, Organizing Life on Earth
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Discuss the need for a comprehensive classification systemList the different levels of the taxonomic classification systemDescribe how systematics and taxonomy relate to phylogenyDiscuss the components and purpose of a phylogenetic tree

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Biology, Evolutionary Processes, Phylogenies and the History of Life, Perspectives on the Phylogenetic Tree
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe horizontal gene transferIllustrate how prokaryotes and eukaryotes transfer genes horizontallyIdentify the web and ring models of phylogenetic relationships and describe how they differ from the original phylogenetic tree concept

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Biology, Evolutionary Processes, The Evolution of Populations, Adaptive Evolution
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the different ways natural selection can shape populationsDescribe how these different forces can lead to different outcomes in terms of the population variation

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Biology, Evolutionary Processes, The Evolution of Populations, Population Evolution
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Define population genetics and describe how population genetics is used in the study of the evolution of populationsDefine the Hardy-Weinberg principle and discuss its importance

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Biology, Evolutionary Processes, The Evolution of Populations, Population Genetics
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the different types of variation in a populationExplain why only heritable variation can be acted upon by natural selectionDescribe genetic drift and the bottleneck effectExplain how each evolutionary force can influence the allele frequencies of a population

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