population pressure

American  

noun

Ecology.

1. the force exerted by a growing population upon its environment, resulting in dispersal or reduction of the population.

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Etymology

Origin of population pressure

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Kessler suspects Floyd made the journey because he might have felt interspecies population pressure in the city and needed to find a new territory.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

With an increasing global population, pressure on the already over-exploited wild salmon stocks is set to intensify.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024

Communities are already struggling in the face of worsening droughts, extreme weather and other consequences of climate disruption—and population pressure makes adaptation even harder.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2023

Coyotes have a unique response to population pressure: They make more coyotes.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2019

The third reason has to do with population pressure within the spider mite colonies.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson