An elderly patient presents to the hospital with a history of falls, confusion and stroke. The nurse determines the patient is at high risk for falls. Which of the following interventions is most appropriate for the nurse to take?

__________ is necessary to maintain subpopulation connectivity and colonziation of empty habitat patches within a metapopulation.

There is no change in population size with time when the instantaneous per capita rate of growth (r) is __.

Which of the following is an example of migration?

The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic constipation. An appropriate nursing intervention for a patient with constipation would be which of the following?

List two advantages and disadvantages for each: sexual & asexual reproduction.

A trade-off for having many offspring would be …

A patient is newly diagnosed with arteriosclerosis is being educated by the nurse on what arteriosclerosis is. The nurse knows no more education is needed when the patient states which of the following?

_____________ is the maximum number of individuals of a species that an ecosystem can support indefinitely.

Consider the graphs below. (a) represents juvenile birds & (b) adult birds. Why might the sex ratio of bird species in the figure change as they grow from juveniles to adults?