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According to the logistic growth model, what happens to a population when the size of the population reaches carrying capacity?

Answer 1

Piper Anderson

Logistic population growth occurs when the growth rate decreases as the population reaches carrying capacity.

The logistic population growth occurs when the growth rate of decreases as the population reaches the carrying capacity.
The carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals in a population that the environment can support. Thank.

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Answer 2

Natalie Ahrens

When a population approaches the carrying capacity, the population approaches its maximum size.

Under the logistic growth model, a population can never actually reach the environmental carrying capacity (assuming this capacity is a stable value).

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Answer 3

Sebastian Alvarado

When a population reaches carrying capacity according to the logistic growth model, further growth stabilizes, and the population levels off, maintaining equilibrium.

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