English Explanatory Dictionary

K-selection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A theory involving natural selection based on quality.

Word forms

K-selection

Etymology

Coined by the American ecologists Robert H. MacArthur and E. O. Wilson in 1967. The choice of the letter K came from the German Kapazitätsgrenze (“capacity limit”).

Related words

r/K selection theory r-selection
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