Question

Population growth is determined by the interaction of biotic potential and environmental resistance. Comment on the statement.

Answer 1

1. Biotic potential refers to the maximum reproductive capacity of a population under ideal conditions.
2. However, environmental resistance, which includes factors like limited food, predation, disease, and unfavorable climatic conditions, restricts this growth.
3. The actual population growth is a balance between these two forces, preventing unlimited exponential growth and leading to an equilibrium population size in nature.