A continuously growing population of alligators has a population size of 1,000 and an intrinsic rate of increase of r = 0.05 per year. Assuming that this rate of increase remains the same, about how long should it take for the population to grow larger than 4,000 individuals? (Note: The natural logarithm of 2 is about 0.70.)
A) Less than 4 years B) A little more than 7 years C) About 14 years D) A little more than 27 years