minimum viable population

initialism: MVP
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Smallest population size of a species allowing survival in the wild.
Notes:
  1. More specifically, MVP is the smallest possible size at which a biological population can exist without facing extinction from natural disasters or demographic or environmental changes, or genetic drift.
  2. MVP is used in the fields of biology, ecology, and conservation biology/ecology.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 916 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'minimum viable population' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14859 RIS BibTex EndNote
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