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biotic potential
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noun
the capacity of a population of organisms to increase in numbers under optimum environmental conditions.
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Origin of
biotic potential
First recorded in
1930–35
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
biotic potential in Science
biotic potential
The maximum capacity of an individual or population to reproduce under optimal environmental conditions. Populations rarely reproduce at their biotic potential because of limiting factors such as disease, predation, and restricted food resources.
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