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Summary notes for topic 6.3.2 Population and sustainability of OCR Biology A level Module 6. Detailed electronic notes with diagrams.

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 Roots decomposed/acted on by decomposers/rot/decay
 Nitrogenous compounds released by decomposers
 Formation of nitrate

Crop rotation:
 Different crops have different nutrient requirements
 Each year different demands on soil
 in 4th/fallow year; no nutrients removed/used for grazing animals
 Nutrient levels allowed to build up
 Use legume in rotation




6.3.2 Populations and Sustainability
Population will not increase in size indefinitely because:

ANIMALS:
1. Population reaches carrying capacity
a. Maximum size of population that can be supported by the environment
b. Because there are limiting factors
2. Intraspecific competition between organisms of the same species
a. For food/nesting sites/named resource
3. Interspecific competition
a. With other named species
b. For named resource
4. Larger animal populations
a. Attract more predators
b. Pathogens/parasites/diseases spread more easily

PLANTS - rise because
1. Rise in temperature
a. Increased rate of metabolism
b. Enzymes work more efficiently
2. Greater light intensity

, a. Increased photosynthesis
3. Increased day length/more light
a. Increased photosynthesis
4. More minerals in water
a. From increased rate of decomposition
b. From agricultural run off/sewage
Fall because
1. Overshoot carrying capacity
2. Decreased photosynthesis
a. Shading / lack of light / colder
b. Minerals exhausted
3. Eaten by consumers
4. Build up of toxins

Carrying capacity:
 The maximum population size
 That can be supported by a particular habitat
 Due to limiting factors

Habitat cannot support a larger population
 Rates of reproduction and mortality are equa
 Population size stays stable
 Small fluctuations due to small variations in environmental conditions

Factors allowing a large population of animals to increase from just a few individuals in a newly colonised area
 Animals are an introduced species
o Fill vacant niche
o Not reached carrying capacity
 No/few predators
 Plenty of food/space
o Breed successfully and rapidly
o More young survive
o Few die before breeding
o Birth rate greater than death rate
 Animals may be restricted to an area e.g island
o Cannot emigrate so numbers build up

Predator–prey relationships and their possible effects on the population sizes of both the predator and the prey;
Typical prey-predator relationship:
 Prey populations increase
o When conditions suitable/when predator
numbers are low/when few limiting factors
 Provides plenty of food for predator population
o Begin to increase later (time delay)
 Prey eaten by predators
o Both decline in numbers
 Cycle repeated
 Prey populations reach higher levels than predators

How stability maintained:
 Limited food supply
 Competition
 Predation
 Disease
 Reached carrying capacity / death rate = birth rate

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