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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Zoological terms
Demographic
Zoology; Zoological terms
A characteristic used to describe some aspect of a population and that can be measured for that population, such as growth rate, age structure, birth rate, and gross reproduction rate.
Density compensation
Zoology; Zoological terms
Increase in population size in response to reduction in the nubmer of competing populations; often observed on islands.
Deme
Zoology; Zoological terms
A breeding population or local population that occurs in nature and which consists of similar organisms that interbreed more or less at random.
Descent with modification
Zoology; Zoological terms
Descent with modification refers to the passing on of traits from parent organisms to their offspring.
Density independent
Zoology; Zoological terms
Having influence on individuals in a population that does not vary with the degree of crowding.
Density dependent
Zoology; Zoological terms
Having influence on individuals in a population that varies with the degree of crowding within the population.
Density
Zoology; Zoological terms
Referring to a population, the number of individuals per unit area or volume; referring to a substance, the weight per unit volume.
