1. Carrying Capacity

2. What would inhibit the population of rabbits from continuously growing?

3. Limiting Factors
Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, number, reproduction, or distribution of organisms.
Examples: water, temperature, space, disease, predation

4. Population Growth

5. Exponential Growth J-shaped curve shoes exponential growth
Exponential growth – as a population gets larger, it also grows at a faster rate

6. Why does it level off?

7. Carrying Capacity
The number of organisms of the same species that an environment can support

8. What does this tell you about the relationship between hares and lynx?

9. Predator – Prey Relationship
The number of predators and prey in a given area is dependent upon each other.

10. Review
Worksheet
Graph and answer:
A. Describe what happened to the deer and wolf populations between 1971 and 1980.
B. What do you think would have happened to the deer on the island had wolves NOT been introduced?