SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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The number of organisms in a population that an envrionment can support and maintain
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The number of organisms currently in an envrionment
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The number of organisms in an area of land
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The combination of living and non-living factors
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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: -The population size at which growth stops is generally called the carrying capacity (K), which is the number of individuals of a particular population that the environment can support.
Detailed explanation-3: -The maximum population size that an ecosystem can support is called carrying capacity. Limiting factors determine carrying capacity. The availability of abiotic factors (such as water, oxygen, and space) and biotic factors (such as food) dictates how many organisms can live in an ecosystem.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Within this broad definition, four categories are recognized: physical, ecological, economic, and social carrying capacities (Brotherton, 1973).