Population

1. Population Biology Concepts

a.       Population ecology

b.       Carrying capacity

c.       Reproductive strategies

d.       Survivorship

2. Human Population

a.       Human population dynamics

                                                              i.      Historical population sizes

                                                            ii.      Distribution

                                                          iii.      Fertility rates

                                                           iv.      Growth rates and doubling times

                                                             v.      Demographic transition

                                                           vi.      Age-structure diagrams

b.       Population size

                                                              i.      Strategies for sustainability

                                                            ii.      Case studies

                                                          iii.      National policies

c.       Impacts of population growth

                                                              i.      Hunger

                                                            ii.      Disease

                                                          iii.      Economic effects

                                                           iv.      Resource use

                                                             v.      Habitat destruction