K selection

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Also K-selection

Ecology.

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• K-selected
  adjective

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