NEET UG 2024 — Organisms and Populations

Match List-I with List-II $\begin{array}{|l|l|r|l|}\hline & \text{List-I} & & \text{List-II} \\ \hline A. & \text{Migratory flamingoes and resident fish in South American lakes} & I. & \text{Interference competition} \\ \hline B. & \begin{array}{l} \text{Abingdon tortoise became extinct after introduction of goats in their} \\ \text{habitat} \end{array} & II. & \text{Competitive release} \\ \hline C. & \begin{array}{l} \text{Chathamalus expands its distributional range in the absence of} \\ \text{Balanus} \end{array} & III. & \text{Resource Partitioning} \\ \hline D. & \begin{array}{l} \text{Five closely related species of Warblers feeding in different} \\ \text{locations on same tree} \end{array} & IV. & \text{Interspecific competition} \\ \hline \end{array}$ Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The equation of Verhulst-Pearl logistic growth is $\frac{\mathrm{dN}}{\mathrm{dt}}=\mathrm{rN}\left[\frac{\mathrm{K}-\mathrm{N}}{\mathrm{K}}\right]$. From this equation, K indicates:

What do 'a' and 'b' represent in the following population growth curve? 

When will the population density increase, under special conditions? When the number of :