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Zoology
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Organisms and Populations

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Why can no population of any species in nature experience unlimited...

Why can no population of any species in nature experience unlimited exponential growth?

Options

  1. APredators control the population
  2. BThere are limited resources
  3. CClimate changes frequently
  4. DGenetic diversity is low

Correct answer

B. There are limited resources

Step-by-step solution

No population of any species in nature has at its disposal unlimited resources to permit exponential growth. This leads to competition between individuals for limited resources. Eventually, the ‘fittest’ individual will survive and reproduce. The governments of many countries have also realized this fact and introduced various restraints with a view to limit human population growth. In nature, a given habitat has enough resources to support a maximum possible number, beyond which no further growth is possible. Let us call this limit as nature’s carrying capacity (K) for that species in that habitat.
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