Limiting factors to population growth ____
a. produce less pronounced effects as a population grows
b. tend to increase population growth
c. are the same as the biotic potential
d. raise the carrying capacity to a higher level
e. prevent a population from producing a J-shaped growth curve
ANSWER: e
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