What factors might make a species more or less sensitive to density-dependent effects? How can density-dependent factors influence evolutionary processes?

Density-dependent factors change in intensity based on population size, acting as a form of population regulation, while density-independent factors can cause ... Apr 4, 2021 ... We show that age of first reproduction for the red kite most likely responds non-linearly to density and that this general feedback mechanism should regularly ... In population ecology, density-dependent processes occur when population growth rates are regulated by the density of a population. We conclude that immature snowy owls that irrupt into eastern North America are limited by density-dependent factors, such as increased competition forcing ... Strident debate between those claiming precedence of density-independent factors over density-dependent ... density-dependent population growth routinely ... Small animals are more likely to be affected by density-independent factors, with populations only occasionally reaching K except in unusual environmental ... Density-dependent factors are factors that influence population growth with respect to the population's size. Limiting factors operate to depress a population without regard to its number; limiting fac- tors are density independent. Regulating factors are spe- cial ... Understanding how multiple extrinsic (density-independent) factors and intrinsic (density-dependent) mechanisms influence population dynamics has become ... areas, palms occur in high density and act as limiting factor in tree recruitment by limiting tree seedling and sapling abundance. In this study, I ...