A pattern of population growth that starts exponentially but slows as the population approaches the carrying capacity of the environment, producing an S-shaped curve. Growth rate decreases as resources become limited and environmental resistance increases.
From 'logistic' (French 'logistique' relating to calculation) and 'growth.' The model was developed by Pierre-François Verhulst in 1838 to describe more realistic population growth patterns than exponential models.
Logistic growth shows us that nature has built-in brakes! As populations grow larger, they face increasing competition, disease, and resource scarcity that automatically slow growth - it's like an ecological cruise control that prevents populations from growing beyond what their environment can handle.
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