Biology 2485B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Exponential Growth, Logistic Function, Carrying Capacity
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4 Jan 2019
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Recently, more rapid increase in the human population (similar to an exponential growth) Maximum growth rate occurred in the 1960s, though population growth has decreased. We"ve been appropriating these resources for exponential growth. Before we talked about populations, natural populations cannot grow exponentially forever where there has to be a limit. A model that may be growing exponentially but when it encounters environment resistance (different factors that will limit the growth), that rate of increase will slow down and the population will max out at the carrying capacity. Carrying capacity: carrying capacity = the maximum population size that can be supported in a given environment, without depleting that environment (specific to a given species in a given location/environment) Different species may have different carrying capacities in the same environments. It went up to about 2000 individuals and then it eventually crashed. Lichens are a critical food resource in winter months.
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