The intrinsic rate of natural increase is a measure of the:

inherent potential of a population to grow

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inherent potential of a population to decline

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carrying capacity of the environment

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None of these

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inherent potential of a population to grow

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None of these

The intrinsic rate of natural increase is a measure of the rate of increase in populations that reproduce within discrete time intervals and possess generations that do not overlap. This is also known as the Malthusian parameter. Very simply, this rate can be understood as the number of births minus the number of deaths per generation time or (birth rate - death rate). This is also the (birth-death) per generation time

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