Like other locusts, desert locusts can switch from a solitary phase with
low population densities during recessions (periods of calm), to a gregarious phase with high population densities during invasions, when hopper bands and swarms can devastate agriculture.
Not exact matches
«Given the likelihood that the California sea lion
population is approaching carrying capacity,
density - dependent effects such as food limitation (and stranding) of pups may be a long - term consequence of a rebuilt sea lion
population during periods of
low abundance of high - quality forage,» the scientists wrote.
In 2008 a federal recovery plan stated that the white abalone «was driven to such
low levels
during the height of the commercial fishery that adults do not occur in high enough
densities to successfully reproduce, contributing to repeated recruitment failure and an effective
population size near zero.»
• Prototype early and deal with
low populations density issues
during the prototyping phase.