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If these examples are density independent or dependent limiting factor

If these examples are density independent or dependent limiting factor-example-1
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In ecology, density is a measure that refers to how many individuals a population has in a specific habitat.

Considering this, we can say that water is a density-dependent limiting factor, since this is a limited resource that can vary its availability annually, but also is a species have too many individuals, all of them will not have the same capacity to reach this resource, especially when we talk about large animals or plants.

Diseases caused by bacteria would be also a density-dependent limiting factor, since only when too many microorganisms of a pathogenic species replicate in our bodies, do we begin to feel the symptoms of that illness.

Predators are also a density-dependent limiting factor since the species which they feed on can be overhunted by them, being reduced in number of individuals, or being not too much hunted and increase their individuals.

Earthquakes are a density-independent limiting factor, since they do not depend on other factors to occur, but only on the movement of our planet's plates.

Finally, limits population regardless of how many organisms are present in the area is a density-independent limiting factor, since they do not depend on how many organisms they're to limit the increase of the population. Being this option an abiotic kind of non-limiting factor.

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