Exponential vs. logistic growth graph (J-curve and S-curve)

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Graph of population size over 20 years with a dashed red J-shaped curve labeled Exponential growth running off the top and a blue S-shaped curve labeled Logistic growth leveling off at a dashed carrying capacity line at 1000 — Exponential and logistic growth from the same starting population of 10 and the same r, 0.5 per year, graphed over 20 years. The two curves match at first; then the dashed exponential J-curve shoots off the top of the graph, while the logistic S-curve slows and levels off at the carrying capacity, 1000.

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