Question

(i) Write an equation for Verhulst-Pearl Logistic Growth Curve where: N = Population density at time 't' r = Intrinsic rate of natural increase (ii) Draw a graph for a population whose population density has reached carrying capacity. (iii) Draw a growth curve where resources are non-limiting to growth of population. (iv) Which growth curve is considered more realistic and why? Explain.

Explain how the loss of habitat and fragmentation drives plants and animals to extinction with the help of an example of habitat loss in the Tropical Rain Forest. Also write the effect of fragmentation of a habitat on the population decline.

Describe the population growth curve applicable in a population of any species in nature that has unlimited resources at its disposal.

Explain the equation of this growth curve.