Limiting Factors

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Limiting Factors

• Limiting Factors--Somthing that controls a
  process, such as organism growth or species
  population, size, or distribution. The
  availability of food, predation pressure, or
  availability of shelter are examples of factors
  that could be limiting for a organism.
• Density Dependent Limiting Factors--A limiting
  factor of a population wherein large, dense
  populations are more strongly affected than
  small, less crowded ones.
• Examples Food supply water supply disease
  predation competition living space Usually
  related to biotic factors

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Limiting Factors

• Density Independent Limiting Factors--Density
  independent factors can affect a population no
  matter what its density is. Usually are abiotic
  factors.
• Examples natural disasters, temperature,
  sunlight, camouflage, migration and human
  activities.