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Populations grow at geometric or exponential rates in the presence of unlimited resources. Geometric populations grow through pulsed reproduction (e.g., the annual reproduction of deer, which have a constrained mating and reproduction season). Exponential populations grow continuously, with reproduction occurring at any time, such as among humans. All populations begin exponential growth in favorable environments and at low population densities. Because of this, exponential growth may apply to populations establishing new environments, during transient, favorable conditions, and by populations with low initial population density.
However, geometrical or exponential growth cannot continue indefinitely. In nature, population growth must eventually slow, and population size ceases to increase. As resources are depleted, population growth rate slows and eventually stops: This is known as logistic growth. The population size at which growth stops is generally called the carrying capacity (K), which is the number of individuals of a particular population that the environment can support. At carrying capacity, because population size is approximately constant, birthrates must equal death rates, and population growth is zero.
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