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Previous question: (Assume that for a given population of moose, the per-capita birth rate remains constant with population size. However, as the moose population size increases there is a linear increase in the probability of starvation and subsequent mortality due to intraspecific competition.) Assume that the population (from the previous question) does not experience competition from other species, nor predation. Write out the equation that would best be used to describe the change in population growth from one time interval to another.

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Author:Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg

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Chapter53: Introduction To Ecology: Population Ecology

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 5TYU: In a graph of population size versus time, a J-shaped curve is characteristic of (a) exponential...

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