Growth rate and per capita growth rate vs. population size

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Two stacked graphs against population size N from 0 to 1100: the growth rate dN/dt as a hump peaking at 125 individuals per year at N = 500, labeled Fastest growth (N = K/2), and the per capita growth rate falling in a straight line from 0.5 to 0, with a dashed carrying capacity line at 1000 on both — Logistic growth with r = 0.5 per year and K = 1000, graphed against population size. On top, the growth rate dN/dt is a hump that is 0 at N = 0 and at K, with its peak marked at N = K/2. Below, the per capita growth rate falls in a straight line from 0.5 to 0 at the carrying capacity, which is a dashed line on both graphs.

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