Explain how the carrying capacity of an ecosystem causes a population to decrease in size

Explanation:

carrying capacity is how many of a certain organism an ecosystem can hold, limiting factors are things that can limit a population's growth. So for example say there's a forest and it has a low amount of food for deer. Food availability would be a limiting factor and it effects how many deer the forest can support.

Density-dependent

Density-independent

density

limiting

emigrated

The reproductive strategy is dependent on the stability of the environment and resources. R-strategists reproduce quickly when resources are plentiful and have many offspring. K-strategists have a stable environment, produce only a few offspring at a time, and care for the young after birth.

The carrying capacity is the number of individuals that an ecosystem can support. The carrying capacity in an ecosystem is determined by the supply of resources for a population. When a population increases and reaches the carrying capacity, resources become limited. Disease and starvation increase the death rate. When the death rate is higher than the birth rate, the population decreases.

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the correct answer is - d. china has a large and growing population.

the fact that china has a large (the biggest) population, and it is still growing, doesn't hinder the agriculture production in the country. in fact, it can for increased production in the agriculture, since there's more labor force, as well the sheer mass of people produces lots of scientists that come up with new inventions as to how to improve this sector. nice example is the inner mongolia region in china, in general dominated by the gobi desert, but few scientist came up with a nice idea as to how to make the region productive by using plants that are very resistant to droughts, so lots of people have been employed, and the region is becoming greener and greener each year, and the production of food in this region is also increasing.

not necessarily. higher fitness requires the organism to be reproductive successful. for example, an organism at age 10 with 15 offspring is much more fit than an organism at age 15 with only 5 offspring.