Biology 2010 Student Edition

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ISBN 10: 9780133669510
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Chapter 5, Populations - 5.2 - Limits to Growth - 5.2 Assessment - Page 141: 3a

Answer

Density-dependent limiting factors are things that negatively affect population density, regardless of the density of the population or its size.

Work Step by Step

Natural disasters and inclement weather phenomena are among the most common density-independent limiting factors. After a density-independent limiting factor ravages a population's numbers, the population may remain low for a while before it recovers.
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