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LECTURE 11 POPULATION ECOLOGY. FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STAGGERING INCREASE…. Human steadily developed the capacity to expand into new habitats and new climate zones. Humans increased the carrying capacity in their existing habitats.
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FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STAGGERING INCREASE…. • Human steadily developed the capacity to expand into new habitats and new climate zones. • Humans increased the carrying capacity in their existing habitats. • (management of food supplies through agriculture increased the carrying capacity for the human population). • Human populations sidestepped limiting factors. • (better sewage systems, controlling disease agents; tapping existing forms of energy; major factors were sidestepped)