A population of deer is introduced to an island without natural predators. What happens to the deer population when food resources become limited?

💡 Explanation

The deer population declines to the carrying capacity because density-dependent regulation through resource limitation reduces birth rates and increases death rates, therefore the population cannot grow exponentially; rather than evolving quickly or emigrating easily, the population size adjusts within the carrying capacity limit.

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