Question

A forest hardly has any carnivores. A census of herbivorous mammals was taken and plotted as a graph, shown below. Identify the curve that will explain the population growth of herbivores. Give a reason to your answer.

Answer 1

The curve explaining the population growth of herbivorous mammals in a forest with hardly any carnivores is the J-shaped growth curve. This is because in the absence of carnivores (predators), the herbivore population grows exponentially without much environmental resistance limiting their increase.