regulative capacity

regulative capacity
a population’s tendency to revert towards some typical average level of abundance rather than to increase or decline indefinitely or to drift aimlessly. Also called homeostasis
the tendency for a population to revert to a typical average number of individuals rather than to decline or increase

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