This weekend's homework is to complete Assignment 25 start investigating and thinking about populations of organisms and the factors that affect them. In order to do so, you need to answer the following questions.
Assignment 25 - Investigating Population Changes
Answer the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences. Use details, examples, and vocabulary to support your answers and demonstrate knowledge.
1. What happened to the reindeer population on St. Matthew Island? Why did this occur?
2. How do these events relate to the principles of sustainability that we have discussed previously (nutrient cycling, reliance on solar energy, population control, and biodiversity)?
In order to obtain information about what occurred on St. Matthew Island use the following sources:
St. Matthew Island Reindeer comic
OR
Klein, D.R. 1968. The introduction, increase, and crash of reindeer on St. Matthew Island. J. Wildlife Management 32: 350-367.
Also, here is an interesting broadcast from Freakonomics Radio about how invasive species have been (poorly) dealt with in the past. NOTE: This is optional and just to pursue your own interest.
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