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A muskrat population is growing exponentially. What might cause this population to enter logistic growth?
resources become scarce
birth rate increases
emigration decreases
carrying capacity is increased
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resources become scarce
When resources become limited, density-dependent factors reduce per-capita birth or survival rates as population size rises, producing a carrying capacity and the S-shaped (logistic) growth curve. Increasing birth rate or decreasing emigration would prolong exponential growth; increasing carrying capacity only raises the equilibrium but doesn't by itself cause the switch.
When resources become limited, density-dependent factors reduce per-capita birth or survival rates as population size rises, producing a carrying capacity and the S-shaped (logistic) growth curve. Increasing birth rate or decreasing emigration would prolong exponential growth; increasing carrying capacity only raises the equilibrium but doesn't by itself cause the switch.
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