When resources are stable over a long period of time and a species has reached carrying capacity, the expected outcome is that the population will stay the same. At carrying capacity, the number of individuals in the population stabilizes as the birth rate equals the death rate, along with limited resources preventing significant growth or decline.
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)
Responses
The population will stay the same.
The population will stay the same.
The population will die out.
The population will die out.
The population will increase.
The population will increase.
The population will decrease.
1 answer