1. Carrying capacity and Limiting Factors
This refers to the maximum number of organisms that a given area can support based upon a number of factors.
Carrying capacity can change with availability of resources (or lack thereof).
Carrying capacity can be for an individual species or for an entire community.
These are resources for which organisms complete.
Their availability determines carrying capacity.
Examples: Food, water, space.

2. simplified Graph Showing the relationship between carrying capacity and a limiting factor.

3. Carrying Capacity & Limiting Factors
2. Siberian (aka Amur) tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) females need an average of 350 km2 to raise their cubs. What is the carrying capacity for female P. tigris altaica of the 7,000 km2 near the Russian border in Northeast China.
1. A black bear (Ursus americanus) requires 17,000 calories daily (17 kcal). Within a given habitat, there are 425,000 calories available for consumption. What is the U. americanus carrying capacity of the habitat?