Chapter 3: Community & Population Ecology
Learning Outcomes
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Describe how ecologists measure population size and density
- Describe three different patterns of population distribution
- Give examples of how the carrying capacity of a habitat may change
- Explain how humans have expanded the carrying capacity of their habitat
- Discuss the long-term implications of unchecked human population growth
Chapter Outline
- 3.1 Population Dynamics and Demographics
- 3.2 Population Growth & Regulation
- 3.3 The Human Population
- 3.4 Community Ecology
- 3.5 Chapter Resources
Attribution
Essentials of Environmental Science by Kamala Doršner is licensed under CC BY 4.0