Irruptive growth

Irruptive growth is a pattern of sudden rapid growth in the population of an organism. Measured over time, it is studied in population ecology. Population cycles often display irruptive growth, but with a predictable pattern of subsequent decline. It is a phenomenon typically associated with r-strategist organisms, which seek to produce an increased quantity of offspring at the expense of reduced individual parental investment.

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