3.1 Population Growth
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•In ecology we use a map for yearly steps between breeding seasons
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•The more mayflies in a pond, the more offspring we expect next year
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•A population that increases by a fixed ratio each year will explode!
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•Applied to humans this result alarmed Thomas Malthus
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•His Principle of Population (1798) influenced Darwin's thoughts on natural selection                             @