Lecture 13 Exam 1
UIC BioS 101 Nyberg
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Growth rate parameters
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Each species has a characteristic per capita growth rate, r & , when resources are abundant.
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Bacteria can double in as short as 20 minutes (=26,280 times in a year), but humans take 15 or 16 years (0.064 times per year).
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= er when matches time units
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