Section 5. Late 20th Century: 1961–1996 (Part 1)

  • Culling began to control burgeoning population
  • K was predicted to be 7000–7500 individuals, or 0.37 elephants per km2

  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
3194431570.58275
194637500.50282
195048100.36259
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