What basic information does a demographer need to know to predict a species population size through
time?
What will be an ideal response?
A demographer needs to have some knowledge about initial population size, birth rates and death
rates. The data that are used to predict birth and death rates include age-specific fecundity,
survivorship, and mortality. Knowledge of immigration and emigration are also important.
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Product recalls on frozen hamburger are not uncommon during any given year. The meatpacking industry can experience problems when processing centers accidentally introduce this fecal bacterium into ground meat
Which organism is commonly found to be the culprit? A) Clostridium B) E. coli C) Streptococcus D) Staphylococcus
Assume that you ate a salad that contained some compounds that upset your stomach but still managed to be absorbed and eventually moved into liver cells. The plant compounds are noxious and potentially toxic to the liver cells
Which organelle in the liver cells would be expected to target and detoxify the plant compounds? A) ribosome B) mitochondrion C) peroxisome D) centriole E) nucleolus
Mice lacking plakoglobin have skin defects but usually die from
A) cancer. B) muscular dystrophy. C) heart failure. D) Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. E) scurvy.