Question

logistic growth occurs whenever a populations size approaches its carrying capacity and is limited by resource availability. which of these populations is most likely experiencing logistic growth? a stand of maple trees in a dense forest that compete for sunlight a population of frogs that is declining due to an introduced disease a population of mosquitoes that grows rapidly during the summer and then sharply declines by the winter

Explanation:

To determine which population is experiencing logistic growth, we recall that logistic growth occurs when a population approaches its carrying capacity (limited by resources).

• The maple trees in a dense forest compete for sunlight (a resource), so their growth is limited by resource availability as they approach the forest's carrying capacity for maple trees.
• The frog population is declining due to disease (not resource - limited growth towards carrying capacity).
• The mosquito population has seasonal growth and decline (likely due to temperature, not approaching a carrying capacity limited by resources in the same logistic growth sense).

Answer:

a stand of maple trees in a dense forest that compete for sunlight