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K-selected

  • a word derived from K selection.
    K selection
    selection occurring when a population is at or near the carrying capacity of the environment, which is usually stable: tends to favor individuals that successfully compete for resources and produce few, slowly developing young, and results in a stable population of long-lived individuals.

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Species are divided into two categories based on a variety of features of their life history patterns: r-selected species, which have large numbers of offspring, and K-selected species, which have few offspring.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The regulation of population growth by these factors can be used to introduce a classical concept in population biology, that of K-selected versus r-selected species.

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K-selected species are species selected by stable, predictable environments.

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K-selected species are adapted to stable, predictable environments.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

Populations of K-selected species tend to exist close to their carrying capacity.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

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