1. The current size of the cricket population is 5,000 individuals. Assume that the current conditions of parasitism do not change and, thus, r remains constant over time. Use your point estimate for r (r= -0.05 ) and the model presented above to predict the amount of time it will take for the population size to decline below 50 individuals, which is the threshold for a critically endangered classification. Show how you arrived at your conclusion.

2. There is uncertainty around your estimate of r. Suppose that the true value of r is within the 95% confidence interval presented above. Use the model to calculate a best-case scenario and worst-case scenario for the amount of time it will take for the cricket population to become critically endangered. Show how you arrived at your conclusions.