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Minimum viable population

Minimum viable population logo #21000 Minimum viable population (MVP) is a lower bound on the population of a species, such that it can survive in the wild. This term is used in the fields of biology, ecology, and conservation biology. More specifically, MVP is the smallest possible size at which a biological population can exist without facing extinction from natural disasters or dem...
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Minimum viable population

Minimum viable population logo #21070a threshold number of individuals that will ensure (with some probability level) that a population will persist in a viable state for a given interval of time (adapted from Gilpin and Soul 1980:19).
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Minimum viable population

Minimum viable population logo #22030a threshold number of individuals that will ensure (with some probability level) that a population will persist in a viable state for a given interval of time (adapted from Gilpin and Soul 1986:19).
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Minimum viable population

Minimum viable population logo #22216a threshold number of individuals that will ensure (with some probability level) that a population will persist in a viable state for a given interval of time (adapted from Gilpin and Soul 198619).
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minimum viable population

minimum viable population logo #24142The smallest population size considered likely to allow the species (or population) to avoid extinction for a specified number of years.
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Minimum Viable Population

Minimum Viable Population logo #22463The size below which a population can not remain stable or increase in number, but will decline and disappear, due either to insufficient reproduction or the genetic consequences of inbreeding.
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Minimum viable population

Minimum viable population logo #22658The minimum number of individuals necessary to prevent a population from losing genetic variation or suffering stochastic extinction over a defined period of time.
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