The biotic potential of a population

A. is its capacity for ideal growth under ideal conditions.
B. is its current rate of growth of a population.
C. is an expression of how many offspring survive to reproduce.
D. can be determined only by studying an age structure diagram.
E. is the future rate of growth of a population.


Answer: A

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