Carrying Capacity

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Largest number of individuals an environment can support long term?

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Carrying capacity

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Effect of exceeding carrying capacity:

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Population decreases, then stabilizes.

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Factors causing population increase

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All of these: increase of food supply, removal of predators, removal of disease.

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Regulator of population size:

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Limiting factor

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Factors affecting carrying capacity:

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Biotic and abiotic.

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Carrying capacity of the graph?

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1000

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Carrying capacity of the graph?

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Around 500.

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What increases an ecosystem's carrying capacity?

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Increase in available food.

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Impact of barley disease on bird population

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The bird population would decrease.

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A scientist studied a fish population in a pond for 10 years. It grew for 3 years, then stabilized. Explanation?

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Reached carrying capacity.