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Regulating populations
The document discusses factors that regulate populations in ecosystems, focusing on density-dependent and density-independent factors. It highlights the concepts of equilibrium points, k-strategists with low reproductive rates and high parental investment, and r-strategists with high reproductive rates and low parental care. Additionally, it introduces the three generalized types of life curves based on survivorship, describing high survival into later life, constant mortality, and high early mortality with low survivorship.
