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  In this example lambda is increasing over time. From year 2 to year 5, it increases by .21. This shows that the population is increasing. This follows what the table also shows in the other columns. For example, looking at Figure 10.8 B we see that the population size is growing. From year 1 to year 5, it increased by 1037.3 individuals. Over the years that we looked at there was a big increase at first, and then lambda started to increase by a little. If we continued the graph we would eventually reach a point that lambda remains constant- assuming our survival and fecundity rates maintain constant.