A population of Drosophila melanogaster with 10,000 individuals and a carrying c

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A population of Drosophila melanogaster with 10,000 individuals and a carrying capacity of 20,000 follows the logistic growth equation. Suppose that 5,000 individuals of a competitor species, Drosophila simulans, are added to the population, and that this species has an a of 0.5. One would predict that this number of competitive individuals will decrease the D. melanogaster population growth rate by the same amount as the addition of _______ D. melanogaster individuals would.


a. 250
b. 500
c. 750
d. 1,000
e. 2,500

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e. 2,500

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