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Where can I find carrying capacity

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I would like to know if there are any resources online that I can use to find out the carrying capacity of a population so that I can predict a population growth.
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Re: Where can I find carrying capacity

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Hi gabec1060 -

While there doesn't appear to be an exact way of calculating carrying capacity, the best discussion of this subject appears to be at the following web site: http://www.biog1105-1106.org/demos/106/ ... pacity.pdf. The graphs presented are based on several 100 years of imperical data and might prove useful. I hope this helps.
Gerry Gruenbaum
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