2 marksEcosystem Dynamics and Community Stability

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 1 · Question 2(a)(ii)

Definitions related to population regulation.

Define the term 'environmental resistance'.

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2(a)(i)Define the term 'biotic potential'.[2 marks]
2(b)Outline, citing one example, how biotic potential and environmental resistance interact to maintain populations within the carrying capacity of an ecosystem.[3 marks]

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