A group of scientists is studying two populations of elephan

A group of scientists is studying two populations of elephants. The first population was hunted to near extinction because of the value of their tusks until new laws were passed within the last year making elephant hunting illegal. The population remains small. The second population lives in an area that is relatively undisturbed by humans with abundant natural resources. Though many other plant and animal species live in the area, the elephants are under no threat from human disturbance. Which of the two populations is more likely to exhibit exponential population growth over the next 10 generations? Which is more likely to exhibit logistic population growth? Explain the rationale for your answer.

Solution

The second population undisturbed by human activities exhibit exponential growth over the next 10 generations. The population of first group disturbed by human activities and is on the verge of extinction exhibits logistic population growth because, the regulation activities to save the population of elephants in group 1 have been started recently in the previous year. On othe other hand, population 1 is having abundant resources and less human disturbance which enable them to survive and reproduce in natural environments and therefore, can exhibit exponential growth.