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Aug 30, 2019 ... ... density-dependent factors may regulate demographic rates of cheetahs and other mesopredators. Our results highlight the complexities of ... Nov 28, 2019 ... Finally, given that most populations are affected by both DD and density-independent environmental factors, understanding the relative impacts ... Sep 11, 2022 ... Rainfall limits the amount of food available to the sheep. (Data from statements about how density-dependent and density-independent factors ... May 6, 2022 ... Factors independent of, or dependent on, fish density (number per area) can impact recruitment. Increased fish densities can intensify ... Populations of lionfish, and other species with logistic growth, are limited by negative density-dependent factors. These factors reduce a population's growth ... Density-dependent factors include intraspecific competition and incidence of diseases and parasites. Competition among deer. As deer populations increase within ... Limiting factors operate to depress a population without regard to its number; limiting fac- tors are density independent. Regulating factors are spe- cial ... We define density-dependent limiting factors as factors that affect the per capita growth rate of a population differently depending on how dense the ... Strident debate between those claiming precedence of density-independent factors over density-dependent ... density-dependent population growth routinely ... Understanding how multiple extrinsic (density-independent) factors and intrinsic (density-dependent) mechanisms influence population dynamics has become ...