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Carrying Capacity
What would inhibit the population
of rabbits from continuously
growing?
Limiting Factors
Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts
the existence, number, reproduction, or
distribution of organisms.
 Examples: water, temperature, space,
disease, predation
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Population Growth
Exponential Growth
J-shaped curve shoes exponential growth
 Exponential growth – as a population gets
larger, it also grows at a faster rate
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Why does it level off?
Carrying Capacity
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The number of organisms of the same
species that an environment can support
What does this tell you about the
relationship between hares and
lynx?
Predator – Prey Relationship
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The number of predators and prey in a
given area is dependent upon each other.
Review
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Worksheet
http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/preda
tor_prey_graphing.html
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Graph and answer:
– A. Describe what happened to the deer and wolf
populations between 1971 and 1980.
– B. What do you think would have happened to the
deer on the island had wolves NOT been introduced?