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Carrying capacity

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-004267

1. In recreation management, the amount of use a recreation area can sustain without loss of quality.

2. In wildlife management, the maximum number of animals an area can support during a given period.

3. The maximum number of individual organisms that a habitat or a region can support before environmental degradation or social stress takes place.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-004267
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental
ReferencesTerms of Environment; Chesapeake Bay Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004267",
  "term": "Carrying capacity",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Carrying Capacity",
  "definition": "1. In recreation management, the amount of use a recreation area can sustain without loss of quality.\n\n2. In wildlife management, the maximum number of animals an area can support during a given period.\n\n3. The maximum number of individual organisms that a habitat or a region can support before environmental degradation or social stress takes place.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/carrying-capacity/"
}

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