Modeling Species Diversity in Succession
In an ecosystem undergoing succession, the rate of change of species diversity, D, is modeled by the differential equation , which has the solution . Given an initial diversity, D(0), of 10 species, a maximum diversity, , of 50 species, and a rate constant, k, of 0.05 per year, calculate the expected species diversity after 20 years.
A
Approximately 45 species
B
Approximately 35.3 species
C
Approximately 30 species
D
Approximately 40 species
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