Imagine that you are managing a large wildlife preserve that was formerly a cattle ranch. You know from historical accounts that wild sheep used to live there, but they were hunted until the local population was exterminated. After doing some research to determine what might be an appropriate starting population, you introduce them. Food is abundant and they have no natural predators. You then spend several years graphing the number of individuals (on the vertical axis) against the number of generations (on the horizontal axis). By the 10th generation, the population begins to reach carrying capacity.
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What BEST defines this mathematical model used in population studies?