Chapter 13 - Populations and sustainability
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- Chapter 13 - Populations and sustainability
- Competition
- Interspecific
- Between individuals of different species
- Intraspecific
- Between individuals of the same species
- Interspecific
- Population growth curves
- Lag phase, log phase, stationary phase and death (decline) phase in a closed system. Lag phase, log phase and carrying capacity in an open system
- Predator-prey relationships
- Lynx and rabbit
- Conservation
- Specific case studies: Galapagos Islands and Wildmoor Heath
- The active management of habitats in order, or even increase, biodiversity within them
- Reasons
- Social
- People feel happier in nature than in a city, same reasons as economic
- Economic
- Ensures a longer supply of resources, can provide income from tourism
- Ethical
- It is our responsibility to look after the planet, and we have no right to make species extinct
- Social
- Sustainable production
- Clear felling
- Rotational coppicing
- Coppicng with standards
- Competition
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