The graph represents changes to two jackrabbit populations in two different areas over 15 years.
a. Which of these populations experienced the faster growth rate over the first five years? Explain your answer.
b. Which of these populations probably experienced more births than deaths over the first five years?
c. What is the approximate carrying capacity for each population, as indicated by the graph?
d. At carrying capacity, how would the growth rate of the population in area A compare with the growth rate of the population in area B?
e. Although the two populations started out at the same size, one population grew larger than the other. What are two environmental factors that could have limited the growth of one of these populations?
f. For the population in area A, which part of the chart shows exponential growth and which shows logistic growth?
g. What are two possible changes to environmental factors that could cause the population in area B to experience positive population growth that would allow it to reach the same carrying capacity as the population in area A?