. Elements of ecology. Ecology. 338 Relations within the Species of crowding increases proportionally, the growth of the population can be expressed as follows: dt = b K^) where b is the biotic potential, N is the size of the population at any moment, and K is the ultimate maximal size possible for the popula- tion in the given area. In words, the equation simply says that the rate of increase of the population is equal to the potential increase 80 70 60 50 1 40 30 20 10 - - - - - A B Asymptote - 1 1 1 1 / - - 1 1 1 . / - - /T Inflectio 1 point - - y^ ^ - -^x / - fc 10. 6 |_ _ 3 4 Units of tim
. Elements of ecology. Ecology. 338 Relations within the Species of crowding increases proportionally, the growth of the population can be expressed as follows: dt = b K^) where b is the biotic potential, N is the size of the population at any moment, and K is the ultimate maximal size possible for the popula- tion in the given area. In words, the equation simply says that the rate of increase of the population is equal to the potential increase 80 70 60 50 1 40 30 20 10 - - - - - A B Asymptote - 1 1 1 1 / - - 1 1 1 . / - - /T Inflectio 1 point - - y^ ^ - -^x / - fc 10. 6 |_ _ 3 4 Units of time Fig. Upper figure: graplis showing tlieoretical increase in total numbers during (A) unimpeded and (B) self-limited population growth (logistic curve). Lower figure: graph of numbers added to population in each time interval during the logistic growth shown by (B) above (values plotted at midpoint of each time interval).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Clarke, George L. (George Leonard), 1905-. New York, Wiley
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