= Overshoot (population)
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Overshoot, in the context of population, refers to a situation where a population exceeds the carrying capacity of its environment. The carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem can sustainably support based on available resources such as food, water, and shelter. When a population overshoots this limit, it can lead to resource depletion, environmental degradation, and a subsequent decline in population size due to increased mortality or decreased birth rates, often resulting in a population crash.
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