often depe only the size of the population but also on how

Last updated: 1/2/2024

often depe only the size of the population but also on how crowded it is When individuals have to compete for resources etc they cannot invest in reproduction leading to a decline in the rate of growth of the population which makes constant growth not sustainable Such models are usually called density dependent growth models One of such models is the logistic growth where the growth rate of the population depends only on the density of the population N and is given by the following 1 2 equation Where EXTRA LIST G N rN TN N K r 0 is a constant called intrinsic growth rate K 0 is a constant called the carrying capacity It represents the popula tion density that a given environment can sustain