Carrying capacity
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The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment. In population biology, carrying capacity is defined as the environment's maximal load, which is different from the concept of population equilibrium. Its effect on population dynamics may be approximated in a logistic model, although this simplification ignores the possibility of overshoot which real systems may exhibit.
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See also
- Arable land
- Asymmetry Principle
- Biocapacity
- Ecological economics
- Ecological footprint
- Effects of global warming
- Environmental space
- List of countries by fertility rate
- Over-consumption
- Overpopulation
- Inflection point
- Optimum population
- Overpopulation in wild animals
- Overshoot (ecology)
- Population
- Population ecology
- Population growth
- Principles of Intelligent Urbanism
- r/K selection theory
- Simon–Ehrlich wager
- Thomas Malthus
- Toxic capacity
- Aftermath:Population Overload
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