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Demography
• Demography is the study of processes that influence population size - it is the way we study changes brought about by births, deaths and dispersal
For Northwest Montana, Greater Yellowstone, Central Idaho
The Fundamental Equation of Ecology – Harper 1977
Δ N = B – D + I – E
Change in Number = Births – Deaths + Immigration - Emigration
John L. Harper – 1925-2009
Rearrange Fundamental Equation
Δ N = B – D + I – E
Nfuture = Nnow + B – D + I – E
Often we assume that I = E,
so no net dispersal
Human management of species may change survivorship curves
A – fish mortality in typicalpopulation
B – fish takenby fishing