Populations of all species - whether fruit flies or elephants - have the potential to increase rapidly when resources are abundant. This results in a classic "J"-shaped graph of population size over ...Populations of all species - whether fruit flies or elephants - have the potential to increase rapidly when resources are abundant. This results in a classic "J"-shaped graph of population size over time. For populations that can breed throughout the year this is called exponential growth. Most organisms, however, are restricted to breeding at certain times of the year, which results in geometric growth.
Populations of all species - whether fruit flies or elephants - have the potential to increase rapidly when resources are abundant. This results in a classic "J"-shaped graph of population size over ...Populations of all species - whether fruit flies or elephants - have the potential to increase rapidly when resources are abundant. This results in a classic "J"-shaped graph of population size over time. For populations that can breed throughout the year this is called exponential growth. Most organisms, however, are restricted to breeding at certain times of the year, which results in geometric growth.