The largest population that an environment can support. Carrying capacity. In simple terms, carrying capacity is the maximum number of living things that can survive in a specific area without causing harm to the environment.
Imagine you're hosting a dinner party and have a limited number of chairs and plates. Just like how you can only invite as many guests as you have seating and tableware for, an environment can only support as many individuals as its resources will allow. In this analogy, the chairs and plates represent the resources in an environment, such as food, water, and shelter, while the guests are the population; once you've reached the maximum number of guests that your setup can comfortably accommodate, you've hit your carrying capacity.
