Which of the following best matches the description?Limiting factors that become more severe as the size of the population increases.

A. immigration
B. r-strategist
C. death phase
D. lag phase
E. stable equilibrium phase
F. K-strategist
G. exponential growth phase
H. emigration
I. biotic potential
J. environmental resistance
K. density-independent factor
L. population density
M. age distribution
N. carrying capacity
O. dispersal
P. density-dependent limiting factor


Answer: P

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