Population ecology notes

Population ecology studies how a population relates to its environment and to other organisms. A population is a group of the same species occupying the same habitat at the same time and able to…

Organisms rarely live alone. In a community, populations interact through predation, competition, symbiotic relationships, and forms of social organisation. These interactions shape who survives…

Human populations are studied with the same ecological tools as other species (natality, mortality, immigration and emigration) but humans also reshape carrying capacity through technology. This…