Answer:
The correct answer is option C.
Explanation:
The graph shows that a controlled population of beetles, where other individuals do not leave or enter, experiences progressive growth from point A to C and plateau over time. This is because the population has sufficient resources to guarantee their development, the birth rate increases than the rate of mortality and there is no competition for these resources.
The adequate amount of resources allows that at point C, the carrying capacity is almost reached, which is the result of competition among members of the same species, which ensures that the net population growth rate is going to decrease or go stable due to limited resources..
