BIOLOGY 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Exponential Growth, Logistic Function, Steady-State Economy
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Largest number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support. A limiting factor whose effects on a population increase or decrease depending on the population density. Factor unrelated to population density that limits a population. Rate of growth increases as size increases. How widely a population is spread and the factors that determine its distribution. Increasing at a rate of equal intervals. Rate at which the population of a species would grow if it had unlimited resources. Growth pattern in which a population"s growth rate slows of stops following a period of exponential growth. Average individual contribution to total population growth rate. A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area. A measurement of the number of persons per unit land area. Initial number of individuals in a population. N: geometric rate of increase over many years i. N dt: logistic t i. dn = r(max) dt.
