Irruptive growth, sometimes called Malthusian growth, is a growth pattern defined by population explosions and subsequent sharp population crashes, or diebacks. It is an extension of the Malthusian growth model and can occur when populations overshoot their carrying capacity, a phenomenon typically associated with r-strategists. Populations which exhibit irruptive growth do not stabilize around their carrying capacity, a feature of logistic growth and common to K-strategists.
References
- Revelle, Charles S; Penelope Revelle. "Population Ecology". The Global Environment. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 0-86720-321-8.
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