In a population exhibiting logistic growth, what happens when the carrying capacity is exceeded?
a) the population crashes and becomes extinct
b) the growth rate becomes negative until the population is back within the carrying capacity
c) the populations fertility drops to zero
d) the growth rate becomes zero until the population is back within the carrying capacity
e) the population fluctuates around the new level
Answer: b) the growth rate becomes negative until the population is back within the carrying capacity
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