Population Ecology

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Across
  1. 4. Growth pattern that levels off near carrying capacity.
  2. 6. Interaction where one organism hunts and eats another.
  3. 8. Occurs when organisms fight for limited resources.
  4. 9. Indirect method of estimating population size.
  5. 11. Movement out of a population.
  6. 12. Environmental factors that limit population growth.
  7. 15. The role or position a species has in its environment.
  8. 17. A group of individuals of the same species in an area.
  9. 18. A population that remains near carrying capacity.
  10. 19. The maximum number an environment can support.
Down
  1. 1. Symbiosis where one benefits at the host’s expense.
  2. 2. Symbiotic relationship where one benefits, the other unaffected.
  3. 3. Growth pattern that rises quickly then crashes.
  4. 5. Movement into a population.
  5. 7. The birth rate; increases population size.
  6. 9. The death rate; decreases population size.
  7. 10. A population that rises too high and then crashes.
  8. 13. Direct method of counting every individual in a population.
  9. 14. Relationship where both species benefit.
  10. 16. The study of interactions between organisms and environment.