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In 1944, 29 reindeer were introduced onto St. Matthew Island, Alaska. The reindeer experienced exponential population growth, reaching 6000 individuals in 19 years. What would the shape of the curve be of such exponential growth?

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Brought to Alaska's St. Matthew Island were reindeer.

-The population grew from 29 in the beginning to 6000 at its peak until finally crashing at 44.

-Many food sources dried up, and the heavy snowfall that year resulted in the deaths of 40000 reindeer. (Lichens are also removed)

-A little more than 50 reindeer per square mile.

  • Unquestionably, the reindeer's big size in 1957 was the result of their recent installation on a very favorable range, and unquestionably, the decline in body weight and skeletal size in 1963 was the effect of worse nutrition as a result of rising population pressure.
  • The United States Coast Guard brought 29 reindeer to the island in 1944 to serve as a source of food in an emergency. A few years later, the reindeer were left on the island after the Coast Guard left. The number of reindeer then increased to almost 6,000 by 1963 before declining to 42 animals in the next two years.

However, the number of reindeer, also known as caribou, in the area around the North Pole has been drastically falling recently. The size of the reindeer and caribou herds has decreased by 56 percent since the mid-1990s. That represents a loss of 2.6 million animals from an expected 4.7 million to 2.1 million.

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