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| Number of individual organisms the resources of a given area can support, usually through the most unfavorable period of the year. |
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| Density-Dependent Population Growth |
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| Regulation of population growth by mechanisms controlled by the size of the population; effect increases as population size increases. |
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| Density-Independent Population Growth |
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| Regulation of population growth being unaffected by population density. |
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| Reduction in reproduction or survival under low population densities. |
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| Any interaction that is mutually detrimental to both participants, occurring between species that share limited resources. |
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| Competition in which a limited resource is shared only by dominant individuals; a relatively constant number of individuals survive, regardless of initial density. |
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| Competition by a group or groups of organisms that reduces a resource to a point that adversely affects other organisms. |
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| Competition in which access to a resource is limited by the presence of the competitor. |
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| Intraspecific competition in which limited resources are shared to the point that no individual survives. |
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