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he tundra, where both reindeer aring capacity of the environment. In 1944, the United States St Mathew Island in the Bering Strait. St. Matthew Island has the typical climate for a and wolves live, the number of reindeer in a herd docs not exceed the Coast Guard transported 29 rcindce to Figure 2 represents the growth curve for the reindeer population wolves live there. The graph shown in there. Figure 26000 6000 5000 4000 2000 1000- 29 reindeer ntroduced 42 roindoer left 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 Reindeer population's growth an St. Matthew Island 1. What is the increase in the reindeer population increase between 1945 and 1963? 12 What is the decrease in the reindeer population decrease between 1963 and 1966, 13. Did the reindeer exceed the carrying capacity of their environment? Explain your answer. 14. Why do you think the population increased so rapidly in less than 20 years? 15. Why do you think that the population declined so rapidly, from 6000 to 42, in 3 years? 16. What do you think would have happened if wolves had been brought to the island with the reindeer?Explanation / Answer
11. 5971
12. 5958
13. No, It stop at the max population at 6000.
14. Because there is no predator for reindeer that why it has rapid increase in the population.
15. Due to increase in the population the availabilty of food decrease, due to congestion disease spread is high.
16. Wolves brings down the reindeer population in control.
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