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biotic potential
1. The maximum possible number, or intrinsic rate of natural increase, of offspring produced by an individual under ideal conditions.
2. The capacity of a population of living organisms to increase under ideal and optimal environmental conditions.
2. The capacity of a population of living organisms to increase under ideal and optimal environmental conditions.
Environmental factors; such as, limitation of resources, predation, and disease mean that the biotic potential is seldom realized.
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bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical
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