Optimum sustainable population
optimum sustainable population (OSP)
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Definition
Glossary of "Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet (2nd ed.)" by Botkin & Keller (1998)
- The population level that results in an optimum sustainable yield; or the population level that is in some way best for the population, its ecological community, its ecosystem, or the biosphere.