ECOLOGY
PROPERTIES OF POPULATIONS
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Question
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the maximum population growth rate under ideal conditions
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the change in the population size per individual per unit time.
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the maximum population size that can be supported by an ecosystem.
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the members of a species that live in an ecosystem and have the potential to reproduce.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Carrying capacity can be defined as a species’ average population size in a particular habitat. The species population size is limited by environmental factors like adequate food, shelter, water, and mates.
Detailed explanation-2: -The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment, given the food, habitat, water, and other resources available.
Detailed explanation-3: -The carrying capacity of an ecosystem is the largest population that it can sustain indefinitely with the available resources, also called the “maximum load” by population biologists. Carrying capacity depends on many abiotic and biotic factors in the ecosystem and some are more obvious than others.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carrying capacity is the largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time.