INDIAN MILLS, NEW JERSEY (USA):The Pine Barrens.
The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment. In population biology, carrying capacity is defined as the environment's maximal load,[1] which is different from the concept of population equilibrium.
For the human population, more complex variables such as sanitation and medical care are sometimes considered as part of the necessary establishment. As population density increases, birth rate often decreases and death rate typically increases. The difference between the birth rate and the death rate is the natural increase. The carrying capacity could support a positive natural increase, or could require a negative natural increase. Thus, the carrying capacity is the number of individuals an environment can support without significant negative impacts to the given organism and its environment. Below carrying capacity, populations typically increase, while above, they typically decrease. A factor that keeps population size at equilibrium is known as a regulating factor. Population size decreases above carrying capacity due to a range of factors depending on the species concerned, but can include insufficient space, food supply, or sunlight. The carrying capacity of an environment may vary for different species and may change over time due to a variety of factors, including: food availability, water supply, environmental conditions and living space. The origins of the term carrying capacity are uncertain, with researchers variously stating that it was used in the context of international shipping[2] or that it was first used during 19th-century laboratory experiments with micro-organisms.[3] A recent review finds the first use of the term in an 1845 report by the US Secretary of State to the Senate.[2]... SEE link
21 miler
21 miles from Atsion to Hampton Furnace to Quarter Mile to Devious Mt Rd to Locks Bridge Rd to Bob Martin Boulevard to Route 206 and some roads we don't know the names of on the other side of 206 and ended at Atsion Lake. I faded bad in the heat and was looking to stop at 15 miles but a good samaritan on the Mullica (you can see in the clip) gave us some cold water.
Herping Fun From Early 2014 - lizards, tree frogs, Fowlers toads and lots of fun.
This was a herping trip a couple of friends and I went on a few years ago in Wharton State Forest in the New Jersey Pine Barrens . We found a lot of things. Spring peepers breeding, Fowlers toads singing, wood frogs and some Atlantic coast leopard frogs too! Not to mention a bunch of Eastern Fence lizards of all ages. There are a few cool things in between too, like a digger bee, excavating her burrow.
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