Question

Which event might cause the carrying capacity of a population to change?

Answer 1

Answer:

Carrying capacity can be described as the maximum number of population of a species that a particular habitat can hold.

There are a number of events which effect the carrying capacity like:

• Environmental changes:

Environmental changes like weather conditions might become favorable for a species in a habitat. It might be that a certain weather condition raises more food for a species. Hence, the carrying capacity would increase.

It might be conditions like drought make the availability of nutrients scarce for a population of species. In this case, the carrying capacity of the ecosystem would decrease.

• Other organisms :

It might happen that other species might come to live in the particular area. That species will deplete the availability of resources and cause the carrying capacity to decrease.

• Water supply:

If adequate amount of rain fall occurs in an area, it might cause the carrying capacity of a species to increase as there will be more water. But if the water supply becomes scarce, the carrying capacity would decrease.