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Intro to Sociology

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Carrying capacity is the maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other resources available. It is a fundamental concept in demography and population studies that examines the limits of sustainable population growth and its impact on the environment.

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