Question

A researcher is studying a mouse population in a field. For the first year of her study, she notices that the mouse population demonstrates exponential growth. However, by the third year of her study, the mouse population has stabilized at approximately 500 mice (although this number fluctuates a bit). Thus, 500 mice would be the _____ of the field being studied.

Answer 1

The 500 mice would be the carrying capacity of the field being studied.

Explanation:

For the first year of study, the mouse population demonstrates exponential growth.

But by third year, the mouse population has stabilized at approximately 500 mice.

Thus, this 500 mice would be the carrying capacity of the field being studied.

Carrying capacity is defined as the measure to demonstrate the maximum population size that any given environment can sustain for an unspecified time period.