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When a population growth curve reaches its maximum level it is said to become?
When a population growth curve reaches its maximum level, it is said to become stationary or at carrying capacity. This means that the population has stabilized and is no longer increasing in size due to limited resources or environmental constraints.
Why can a population fluctuate once it reaches carrying capacity?
A population can fluctuate around its carrying capacity due to various factors such as resource availability, predation, disease, and competition. When a population reaches its carrying capacity, it may experience temporary surges or declines in numbers as these factors change. For example, if resources become temporarily abundant, the population may increase, but if a disease outbreak occurs or resources dwindle, it can lead to a decline. These dynamic interactions create a balance that allows the population to oscillate around the carrying capacity rather than remaining static.
What can affect a population after it reaches the carrying capacity?
After a population reaches its carrying capacity, factors such as competition for resources, increased susceptibility to diseases, and environmental degradation can lead to decreased reproduction rates, increased mortality, and overall population decline. This can create a cycle of fluctuations around the carrying capacity as the population responds to these constraints.
A population that grows until it reaches its carrying capacity usually has the shape of an?
S-shaped curve, known as the logistic growth curve. This curve starts with exponential growth, accelerates as resources are abundant, but eventually levels off as the population stabilizes at the carrying capacity.
What happens to population growth in a logistic growth pattern as it reaches carrying capacity?
The population levels off at the carrying capacity.
When a population growth curve reaches its maximum level it is said to become?
When a population growth curve reaches its maximum level, it is said to become stationary or at carrying capacity. This means that the population has stabilized and is no longer increasing in size due to limited resources or environmental constraints.
How does carrying capacity affect k-strategist?
The carrying capacity affects k-strategists because their population reaches equilibrium at the carrying capacity and they experience a carrying capacity that changes little from year to year.
When does a J-shaped curve convert to an S-shaped curve?
An "S' curve (on a population chart) reaches its carrying capacity and levels out, while a "J" curve hits its carrying capacity and just continues causing a population explosion and competition for resources.
What growth ends when a population nears its carrying capacity.?
Exponential
Growth ends when a population nears its carrying capacity.?
Exponential
How does carrying capacity affect k-strategists?
The carrying capacity affects k-strategists because their population reaches equilibrium at the carrying capacity and they experience a carrying capacity that changes little from year to year.
What can affect a population after it reaches the carrying capacity?
After a population reaches its carrying capacity, factors such as competition for resources, increased susceptibility to diseases, and environmental degradation can lead to decreased reproduction rates, increased mortality, and overall population decline. This can create a cycle of fluctuations around the carrying capacity as the population responds to these constraints.
What happens to a population when the size of the population reaches carrying capacity?
starvation increases to the point where this population is maintained.
What does carrying capacity have to do with whether or not a population reaches its biotic potential?
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What is the shape of a population that grows until it reaches its carrying capacity?
"S" shape
A population that grows until it reaches its carrying capacity usually has the shape of an?
S-shaped curve, known as the logistic growth curve. This curve starts with exponential growth, accelerates as resources are abundant, but eventually levels off as the population stabilizes at the carrying capacity.
What is the relationship of births to death in a population before the population reaches the environments carrying capacity?
2-1
