alleryStart learning →In logistic growth, expansion levels off when the population reaches the environment's:
ASurvivorship curve
BCarrying capacity
CBiotic potential
DPopulation density
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Carrying capacity
1. Limited resources put a ceiling on growth.
2. In logistic growth, population expansion decreases as resources become scarce.
3. It levels off when the carrying capacity of the environment is reached.
4. The result is an S-shaped curve.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 45 'Population and Community Ecology', sections 45.1-45.4_
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