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carrying capacity (K)

Maximum population of a particular species that a given habitat can support over a given period of time. See dieback.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 9 - Population Dynamics, Carrying Capacity, and Conservation Biology [2]
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