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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Ecol Evol Syst. 2020 Aug 28;51(1):505–531. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-031120-101013

Figure 2.

Figure 2

(a, solid curves) A highly simplified depiction of three forms of density-dependent dynamics is shown, along with (b, dashed curves) corresponding curves for the relative equilibrium population size reached with a given amount of genetic load. Rmax denotes the maximum per capita growth rate at a low density. Equilibrium density refers to the equilibrium population density of a fully wild-type population. In both panels, curve i is an overcompensatory response, curve ii is a linear response (e.g., simple logistic), and curve iii is an undercompensatory response to application of genetic load.