Describe the general relationship between population growth and resource availability?Briefly explain why biologists use sampling, rather than individually counting all members of the population of interest. (5 points)What are five specific examples of limiting factors that could control the population density of a weed population? (5 points)A 5 km x 5 km plot has a weed count of 250 weeds. What would the population density be? What would the population density be for the exact same plot six months later with a count of 200 weeds? Show your work. (5 points)A Conservation Biologist with the Arizona Game & Fish Department has been tasked with estimating the population size of elk in the Kaibab National Forest. Given the information presented in Lab 12, what method might she use to determine approximately how many elk are present? What might be a possible disadvantage to using this method to estimate animal population sizes? (5 points)How might the information gained from this lab pertaining to Population Ecology be useful to you, or how can you apply this knowledge to your everyday life as a non-scientist? The application will be graded according to the rubric below.
