Section 4. Middle Years: 1941–1960 (Part 1)
Calculate values for the “unused portion of K, [1-(N/K)]” (round up to the second decimal) and for the population growth rate (ΔN/Δt) (round up to the nearest highest whole number). The values of N used here are estimated from the model using rmax = 0.15 and K = 7500 (you will look at the actual recorded data for N later in this lesson). Click here if you need help.
In the park
By the 1960s, wardens were becoming very concerned about elephant overpopulation in the unnaturally constrained space in KNP. Click “Next” to go to Time Period Four.
Period | Year | N | 1-(N/K) | ΔN/Δt |
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1 | 1905 | 10 | 1.00 | 2 |
2 | 1930 | 613 | 0.92 | 85 |
1935 | 1189 | 0.84 | 151 | |
1940 | 2139 | 0.71 | 230 | |
3 | 1944 | 3157 | - | - |
1946 | 3750 | - | - | |
1950 | 4810 | - | - | |
4 | 1996 | 7500 | - | - |