Which is NOT true about the Allee effect?
The claim that populations grow faster at low density conflicts with an Allee effect. Under an Allee effect, sparse populations have reduced per-capita fitness because mates, cooperative partners, or genetic diversity are limited. Fitness therefore rises as density increases across the low-density range. Inbreeding and mate limitation are recognized mechanisms that generate this positive density dependence. Demographic mechanisms are linked by the balance dN/dt = births + immigration - deaths - emigration. Density-dependent changes in any of these terms can alter net growth. To infer regulatio
Ref: Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems, Begon et al., 5th Ed., Ch. 5