SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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number of individuals in the species.
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distribution of the population.
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reproductive potential of the species.
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supply of the most limited resources
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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. If these needs are not met, the population will decrease until the resource rebounds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Therefore the carrying capacity of a population is determined by the limiting resources in the habitat.
Detailed explanation-3: -Limiting factors within every ecosystem, such as the availability of food or the effects of predation and disease, prevent a population from becoming too large. These limiting factors determine an ecosystem’s carrying capacity, or maximum population size the environment can support given all available resources.
Detailed explanation-4: -The carrying capacity is different for each species in a habitat because of that species’ particular food, shelter, and social requirements.