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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 11. Organisms and Populations

In the following equation of Verhulst-Pearl logistic growth, the letter 'r' denotes __________
\(\frac{ dN }{ dt }= rN \left[\frac{ K - N }{ K }\right]\)

  1. A Population density
  2. B Extrinsic rate of natural increase
  3. C Intrinsic rate of natural increase
  4. D Carrying capacity
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(C) Intrinsic rate of natural increase

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(C) Intrinsic rate of natural increase,
In Verhulst-Pearl Logistic growth equation, r denotes as 'intrinsic rate of natural increase'.