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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K-selected

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

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

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

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

Elephants would be an example of a K-selected species. r-selected species are adapted to unstable and unpredictable environments.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

Population ecologists have described a continuum of life-history “strategies” with K-selected species on one end and r-selected species on the other.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

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