ABSTRACT
Discussions about carrying capacity can be traced back to Malthus’ treatise on human population growth which is based on the assumption that human population increases exponentially and that food is the sole limiting factor on its growth (Malthus, 1789). Although Multhus’ theory has been criticized, his treatise, due to its great influence on Darwin’s concept of natural selection and its part in developing the incipient science of human demography, provides a solid basis for the concept of carrying capacity (Seidl and Tisdell, 1999; Price, 1999).
