AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An environmental factor such as predation, disease, and competition that depends on the number of members in a population per unit
A
dispersion
B
density-independent factor
C
density-dependent factor
D
population growth rate
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A density-dependent factor is a factor whose effects on the size or growth of a population vary with the population density. Density-dependent factors typically involve biotic factors, such as the availability of food, parasitism, predation, disease, and migration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biotic factors are things like predation, parasitism, lack of food, competition with other organisms and disease.

Detailed explanation-3: -Competition and predation are two important examples of density-dependent factors.

Detailed explanation-4: -Density-Independent Factors. Any factor in the environment that does not depend on the number of members in a population per unit area is a density-independent factor.

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