overpopulation

when a population of a species exceeds the carrying capacity of its ecological niche
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overpopulation

Summary

overpopulation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • overpopulation's subclass of is recorded as environmental issue[2].
  • overpopulation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y8p3w[3].
  • overpopulation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/overpopulation[4].
  • overpopulation's has effect is recorded as overconsumption[5].
  • overpopulation's BBC Things ID is recorded as 3e41cc0f-26e7-44c4-8382-ddf780d66adb[6].
  • overpopulation's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as overpopulation[7].
  • overpopulation's UNESCO Thesaurus ID is recorded as concept4116[8].
  • overpopulation's ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID is recorded as 294930620[9].
  • overpopulation's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as overpopulation[10].
  • overpopulation's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/OverpopulationCrisis[11].
  • overpopulation's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3963309[12].
  • overpopulation's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Overpopulation[13].
  • overpopulation's ERIC Thesaurus ID is recorded as Overpopulation[14].
  • overpopulation's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C8966009[15].
  • overpopulation's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2991814812[16].

Why It Matters

overpopulation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[1] overpopulation has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] overpopulation is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . ASC Leiden Thesaurus dataset of 5 June 2018. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . rationalwiki.org. Retrieved . rationalwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_overpopulation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{overpopulation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/overpopulation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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