Questions: What do we call the maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support?

What do we call the maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support?
Transcript text: What do we call the maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support?
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The answer is the first one: the carrying capacity.

Explanation:

  • The carrying capacity refers to the maximum number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support sustainably over time, given the available resources, space, and other environmental conditions.
  • The law of limiting factors, on the other hand, states that the growth and survival of organisms are controlled by the scarcest resource (limiting factor), not by the total amount of resources available. This concept is related but not the same as carrying capacity.

Summary: The maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support is called the carrying capacity.

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