logistic equation: The mathematical expression for a particular sigmoid growth curve in which the percentage rate of increase decreases in linear fashion as the population size increases.

Two basic principles are involved, the idea of exponential growth and its ultimate control. The basics of population ecology emerge from some of the most elementary considerations of biological facts.

The data can be visualized for the LAC region as a whole, or by country for those years in which the country has available data and are comparables. Growth Incidence Curve (GIC): The Growth Incidence ...