BISC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Largemouth Bass, Cubic Metre

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BISC 100
• Professor: Leah Bendell- Young

Document Summary

Population growth: exponential: rabbits gestate for only 30 days, and usually have litters of between 4 and 12 offspring, depending on the breed. Once the babies are born, the doe can mate and get pregnant again as soon as the following day: the populations growth rate increases over time, in proportion to the size of the population. Population growth: logistic: most natural environments have a limited supply of resources needed to sustain population growth the number of individuals that can occupy a habitat. Limiting factors are environmental factors that restrict population growth and ultimately control. The carrying capacity is the maximum population size that a particular environment can sustain. Logistic population growth occurs when the growth rate decreases as the population size approaches carrying capacity. Organisms interact with other organisms in their communities, including predators, pathogens, food sources, all of which can affect carrying capacity.