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Karla Jauregui Sandoval
Karla Jauregui Sandoval
A population is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular geographic area. Each population needs specific resources due to size, reproductive strategies, and survivorship curves. However, there is a limit to the number of individuals that an ecosystem can support.
Once a population exceeds carrying capacity, a population overshoot occurs. Population overshoot can lead to a range of negative consequences, such as resource depletion, environmental degradation, and increased competition for resources. In some cases, population overshoot can lead to a population crash, where the population size decreases rapidly as individuals are unable to find the resources they need to survive. This crash is also referred to as a die-off.
Die-offs are attributable to combinations of a lack of available resources, famine, disease, and competition.
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Karla Jauregui Sandoval
Karla Jauregui Sandoval
A population is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular geographic area. Each population needs specific resources due to size, reproductive strategies, and survivorship curves. However, there is a limit to the number of individuals that an ecosystem can support.
Once a population exceeds carrying capacity, a population overshoot occurs. Population overshoot can lead to a range of negative consequences, such as resource depletion, environmental degradation, and increased competition for resources. In some cases, population overshoot can lead to a population crash, where the population size decreases rapidly as individuals are unable to find the resources they need to survive. This crash is also referred to as a die-off.
Die-offs are attributable to combinations of a lack of available resources, famine, disease, and competition.
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