Assume that the population of the greater roadrunner in the Guadelope Desert was 250 per hectare at the beginning of 1999. If the carrying capacity, K , is 750 and r = 0.25 per year, what is the number of roadrunners: (a) a century later, and (b) a millennium later?

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Assume that the population of the greater roadrunner in the Guadelope Desert was 250 per hectare at the beginning of 1999. If the carrying capacity, K , is 750 and r = 0.25 per year, what is the number of roadrunners: (a) a century later, and (b) a millennium later?

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