Question

A population of blowflies experiences logistic growth with delayed density dependent suppose at this population has initial size of 4000 and follows the standard equation for delayed density dependence within a 10 week delay and an intrinsic growth rate of 0.2 per week if these conditions remain constant and the population is track for a long time what type of population dynamics should display

Answer 1

The blowfly population is expected to show oscillatory behavior around the carrying capacity due to logistic growth with delayed density dependence and a 10-week delay in feedback response to resource availability.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is about the dynamics of a blowfly population experiencing logistic growth with delayed density dependence, an intrinsic growth rate of 0.2 per week, and a 10 week delay. Logistic growth implies that while the population may initially grow exponentially, this growth will eventually slow as the population nears the carrying capacity of its environment and resources become limited. With the added complexity of delayed density dependence, we expect to see the population overshoot and oscillate around the carrying capacity due to the time lag in the feedback response of the population to resource limitations. The population dynamics displayed by this blowfly population over a prolonged period are likely to be oscillatory or dampened oscillations, rather than reaching a stable equilibrium immediately.