SECTION 8C HIGHLIGHTS
Vocabulary: carrying capacity, logistic growth model, overshoot, and collapse
Assignment: Read section 8C pages 479-489 Do exercises 1,2,9,15
Formulas
for chapter 8
Information
chart for Chapter 8
Notes:
When using a logistic growth model, the growth rate can be modified by using
the formula:
Growth rate = Rate x (1- population/carrying capacity).
Skills you need to master in this section:
Find the actual growth rate for a population.