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Why is exponential growth usually very rare in nature

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In the real world, with its limited resources, exponential growth cannot continue indefinitely. Exponential growth may occur in environments where there are few individuals and plentiful resources, but when the number of individuals gets large enough, resources will be depleted and the growth rate will slow down.

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The scarcity of natural examples is due to the fact that there are population controls due to a limiting amount of resources such as food, light, shelter, water as well as to factors such as predation, climatic change, and disease.

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