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Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity is the maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain indefinitely given the available resources, within the integrated study of ecological, geographical, and management systems across ecotourism, population biology, population ecology, population geography, rangeland assessment, rangeland monitoring, and resource assessment contexts.

2.2K

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152.9K

Citations

5.4K

Authors

1.8K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

489

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Publications

2.2K

The Components of Predation as Revealed by a Study of Small-Mammal Predation of the European Pine Sawfly

C. S. Holling · The Canadian Entomologist · 1959 · 3.6K citations

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Resource Limitation in Plants-An Economic Analogy

Arnold J. Bloom, F. Stuart Chapin, Harold A. Mooney · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1985 · 2.7K citations

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Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity: what urban economics leaves out

William E. Rees · Environment and Urbanization · 1992 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Risks of Population Extinction from Demographic and Environmental Stochasticity and Random Catastrophes

Russell Lande · The American Naturalist · 1993 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Minimum Population Sizes for Species Conservation

Mark L. Shaffer · BioScience · 1981 · 2K citations

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Authors

5.4K

  1. LS
    Liyin Shen

    Chongqing University, China

    14 publications · 966 citations

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  2. SE
    Steinar Engen

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    10 publications · 784 citations

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  3. RE
    Robert E. Manning

    University of Vermont, United States

    10 publications · 567 citations

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  4. BW
    Barry W. Brook

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    10 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. PR
    Paul R. Ehrlich

    Stanford University, United States

    9 publications · 850 citations

    9

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Institutions

1.8K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    27 h-index

    120 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    85 publications

    3K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    71 publications

    5.9K citations

  4. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    20 h-index

    54 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Chongqing University

    Chongqing, China

    19 h-index

    66 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    54 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    18 h-index

    42 publications

    2.4K citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    16 h-index

    25 publications

    2.4K citations

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  1. Biological Conservation

    50 publications · 4.3K citations

    34

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  2. Ecological Modelling

    51 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. Oecologia

    48 publications · 3.5K citations

    32

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  4. The American Naturalist

    AN · 38 publications · 8.3K citations

    28

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  5. Ecological Indicators

    36 publications · 2.7K citations

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