8. What is the typical shape of
a population growth curve?
How can the biotic potential
be represented in the same
way graphically?

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A typical population growth
(number of individuals x , linear
scale) has a shape. There is a
and slow initial growth by
a fast and growth and again a
in growth preceding the
or equilibrium stage.

The growth according to the
however is not
sigmoidal, is only crescent-shaped
and up to the infinite of the
scale (there neither a decreasing
stage equilibrium).