Ecologists use the term carrying capacity to define the maximum population of a particular species that a habitat can support over a given amount of time. American chestnuts are a favorite food for deer, as well as for squirrels, jays, quail, crows, woodpeckers, raccoons, rabbits, and foxes. If we collect 1,080,000 chestnuts per hectare and each chestnut weighs 2.65 g, how many kilograms of chestnuts are produced per hectare? Show all of your work and clearly label each step.

If you planted a chestnut orchard today, and in 20 years you were able to harvest 1,000 Kg/hectare each year, and you harvested and sold the chestnuts for $12.50/Kg, how much money would you make each year per hectare from your chestnut trees? Show all of your work and clearly label each step.

If each deer requires 3 kilograms of food per day, calculate how many deer each hectare of this forest could support for a year. Show all of your work and clearly label each step.

There are approximately 259 hectares per square mile. How many deer could a square mile of forest of mature American chestnut trees support for a year if they were the only organism consuming their nuts? Show all of your work and clearly label each step.