Fecundity is the natural ability of an organism to produce offspring. It is considered the same concept as fertility. Fecundity is determined by the number of eggs or seeds produced. An organism that lacks fecundity is known as sterile. In the terms of population biology, it is used to describe the number of offspring produced after a one-time step.
Hence, it includes birth rates as well as the rate of survival of young ones till that one-time step. It is considered to be a consistent feature of each culture. It can increase or decrease depending upon the conditions and social factors such as lack of food, high temperatures, etc.
Apply Winemiller’s model to plants. If you were to construct a
From a life table and a fecundity schedule, you can estimate
C. S. Holling (1959) observed predator numerical responses
Concept 10.5 says that we can use the information in
What is the relationship between per capita rate of increase, r
