- Irruptive growth
Irruptive growth, sometimes called Malthusian growth, is a growth pattern defined by population explosions and subsequent sharp population crashes, or diebacks. It is an extension of the
Malthusian growth model and can occur when populations overshoot theircarrying capacity , a phenomenon typically associated with r-strategists. Populations which exhibit irruptive growth do not stabilize around their carrying capacity, a feature of logistic growth and common to K-strategists.References
*cite book | last = Revelle | first = Charles S | coauthors = Penelope Revelle | title = The Global Environment | origdate = 1992-01-01 | publisher = Jones and Bartlett Publishers | id = ISBN 0-86720-321-8 | chapter = Population Ecology
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Malthusian catastrophe
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