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1Ecology Review Iby luke_1080157 termsOctober 21, 2008
2Geographyby moneybankz_1013 termsMarch 4, 2009
3biology - carrying capacityby jvmolinari5 termsMarch 13, 2007
4biology - carrying capacityby jvmolinari5 termsMarch 13, 2007
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5biology - carrying capacityby jvmolinari5 termsMarch 13, 2007
6biology - carrying capacityby jvmolinari12 termsMarch 13, 2007
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carrying capacity definitions
# Definition Sets
1largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support97 sets
2largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support44 sets
3largest amount of a population that can be supported by an area36 sets
4the maximum number of individuals of any species that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long-term basis30 sets
5population size that an environment can sustain25 sets
6the largest population that an area can support18 sets
7number of organisms in a population that an environment can maintain14 sets
8the largest population that an environment can support at any given time13 sets
9the maximum number of individuals of any species that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long-tern basis11 sets
10largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support11 sets
11the number of individuals that can be sustained in an area9 sets
12largest population that an area can support9 sets
13the maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources, symbolized as k9 sets
14the number of individuals of a species that an ecosystem is capable of supporting9 sets
15the number of organisms a piece of land can support8 sets
16largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time.8 sets
17the number of organisms of one species that an environment can support8 sets
18the population size that an environment can sustain7 sets
19the largest population that a given environment can support over a long period of time7 sets
20this is the population level that can be supported, given the quantity of food, habitat, water and other life infrastructure present. this is important because it tells how many people an area will be able to support.7 sets
21maximum number of organisms that a given enviorment can support7 sets
22the maximum number of individuals of any species that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long-term basis.6 sets
23the number of organisms of one species that an environment can support.5 sets
24population size that an environment can sustain.5 sets
25the max. number of individuals of any species that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long- term basis5 sets
26largest population that an environment can support5 sets
27the number of organisms of one species that an environment can support indefinitely5 sets
28the largest number of individuals that a given environment can support5 sets
29the largest population that an area can support.5 sets
30largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time5 sets
31the maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources, symbolized as k.4 sets
32the largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can sustainably support.4 sets
33number of organisms in a population that an environment can maintain.4 sets
34the largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time4 sets
35the number of individuals the environment can support over a long period of time.4 sets
36the maximum number of organisms of a species, or the maximum population size which an environment is able to support4 sets
37the largest population of any single species that an area can support4 sets
38largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support, largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support4 sets
39largest population an area can support4 sets
40largest number of individuals of a population that a given enviroment can support4 sets