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Awilson837 · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

In logistic growth (an S-shaped curve), how does the population growth rate change as the population nears its carrying capacity?

A) Population growth rate increases.
B) Population growth rate remains steady.
C) Population growth rate decreases.
D) The population typically crashes when a population nears its carrying capacity.

Question 2

We would expect populations in undisturbed natural communities with high biodiversity

A) to be near their carrying capacity.
B) to have exceeded their biotic potential.
C) to have grown beyond all types of environmental resistance.
D) to be characterized by high emigration and low recruitment.