The term "carrying capacity" describes the population size that the environment can sustain. It refers to the maximum number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support based on the availability of resources such as food, water, shelter, and other necessities.
What does the term carrying capacity describe?
The maximum number of birth rates for a population.
The ability of a population to accept new immigrants.
The ratio of birth rates to death rates in a population.
The population size that the environment can sustain.
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