Which of the following represents a correct consequence of or is implied by an ecosystem's carrying capacity?
A) Ecosystems generally cannot accommodate any stress from human activity before
reaching their tipping point.
B) If 5,000 rabbits is the maximum population that a particular ecosystem can accommodate,
then this represents the ecosystem's carrying capacity.
C) If human activity were to stress an ecosystem beyond its tipping point, then the
ecosystem enters a dynamic state of equilibrium.
D) Only small scale, simple systems are known to exhibit critical tipping points.
E) All of the above are correct.
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