NEET Biology question

When does the growth rate of a population following the logistic model equal zero?

(A)When N/K equals zero
(B)When death rate is greater than birth rate
(C)When N/K is exactly oneCorrect
(D)When N nears the carrying capacity of the habitat

Answer: (C)

Solution

In dN/dt = rN(K−N)/K = rN(1−N/K), the growth rate becomes exactly zero when the term (1−N/K) equals zero, i.e., when N/K = 1 (population density exactly equals

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