Ecology 6th Edition by Charles Krebs

Exercise 5

Wildlife managers and range ecologists both speak of the "carrying capacity" of a given habitat for a herbivore population and try to prevent "overgrazing." Write an essay on the concepts of carrying capacity and overgrazing, how they can be measured, and how the concepts can be applied to agricultural and natural situations. McLeod (1997), Price (1999), and Mysterud (2006) discuss die definition and use of these terms.