: High rains increase the water supply.
carrying capacity
carrying capacity
High rains increase the water supply
the difference between limiting factor and carrying capacity is the fact that carrying capacity is the population a ecosystem can support over TIME and limiting factor just makes the population stop growing and wont let any more people/animals/ect.. in if the place is packed
: High rains increase the water supply.
Environmental changes such as availability of resources, changes in predation pressure, or disease outbreaks can affect the carrying capacity of a population by either increasing or decreasing the amount of resources available for the population to survive and reproduce.
Shortage of food.
food shortage apex
carrying capacity.
Both the limiting factor and carrying capacity play a role in determining the maximum population size an environment can support. Limiting factors are characteristics of the environment that restrict population growth, while carrying capacity is the maximum population size an environment can sustain over the long term. Both are important concepts in population ecology.
Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals that an environment can sustainably support. If a population exceeds the carrying capacity of its environment, resources like food, water, and shelter become limited, leading to competition, scarcity, and population decline through factors like starvation, disease, or migration.
An "S' curve (on a population chart) reaches its carrying capacity and levels out, while a "J" curve hits its carrying capacity and just continues causing a population explosion and competition for resources.