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K selection

K se·lec·tion


noun 
Definition:
 
natural selection process: a process of natural selection that leads to a lowering of the birthrate when the population of a species approaches the maximum number that the environment can sustain

[<K, the constant for carrying capacity in the population growth equation]
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