Question
Explain the relationship between biotic potential and environmental resistance.
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Answer
Biotic potential: Inherent/ physiological capacity of an organism to reproduce/ increase in number, is only realised when environmental conditions are non-limiting.Environmental resistance: Nature keeps a check on the expression of Biotic potential/population size, all factors that keep a check on population size constitute environmental resistance.
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