Represent the population growth in a habitat with limited resources and explain.

Dear Student,

• When the resources are limited in the habitat, it leads to competition between individuals, the population tends to grow in a logistic manner, following logistic growth curve.

  • In this kind of growth, there is an initial lag phase followed by acceleration or deceleration phases and finally asymptote, when it reaches its carrying capacity (K).

  • When N in relation to t is plotted, it results in a sigmoid curve called the Verhulst − Pearl Logistic growth given by,

N − Population density at time t

r − Intrinsic rate of natural increase

K − Carrying capacity

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