Overproduction — Science definition
The tendency of populations to produce far more offspring than the environment can support, which guarantees competition for limited resources.
Where it is taught
- Natural Selection — Evolution, Ancestry & Biodiversity, Life Science: Biology, Grade 10
In use
Second, populations tend toward overproduction: a single oak drops thousands of acorns and a frog lays hundreds of eggs, far more than could ever survive, so individuals inevitably compete for limited food, space, mates, and safety.
Natural Selection