Oh, DEER!

Prancing on a grass field pretending to be a wild animal during class time is what every learning environment should be like! Not only is it entertaining, but it's memorable.

As two deer approached the plentiful number of resources from a distance, it was easy to see that this would be the ideal environment. Unlimited resources such as food, water and shelter sounds like a magical place. However, the deer unsurprisingly mate and boost the population which will ultimately increase the competition for the resources.

 As competition gets worse and worse, some deer will die off and decompose. It is simply the survival of the fittest as exemplified by the other students. As some sprinted to the other side to get the resources, compared to those who simply walked over, they were less likely to survive. Those who could run faster had the advantage over those who did not; the faster runners were more likely to outrun the predators. These different factors and advantages would be dependent factors of density.

 However, there are simply just some factors that cannot be controlled. Fit or not, the deer will not be able to fend off a forest fire, a drought, or a floods. These density independent factors could also lead to the declination of a population in the wild.

In summary, everything must be in equilibrium. There cannot be too many deer in contrast to resources and vice versa, there cannot be too many predators and there cannot be back-to-back natural disasters. All of these different factors leads to the changes in the population and is are key factors in the extinction of any species.