When resources are stable over a long period of time and a species has reached its carrying capacity, the expected outcome is that the population will stay the same. At carrying capacity, the number of individuals in the population levels off because the birth rate equals the death rate, maintaining a stable population size.
Which of the following is expected to happen to a species' population when resources are stable over a long period of time and the species have reached carrying capacity?(1 point)
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The population will stay the same.
The population will stay the same.
The population will increase.
The population will increase.
The population will decrease.
The population will decrease.
The population will die out.
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