Section 4. Middle Years: 1941–1960 (Part 1)

  • Elephant population was becoming large
  • Park staff worried about elephant effects on other flora and fauna in park

  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.



PeriodYearN1-(N/K)ΔN/Δt
11905101.002
219306130.9285
193511890.84151
194021390.71230
319443157--
19463750--
19504810--
419967500--