Combined Science GCSE
Population cycles and limiting factors
What Population cycles and limiting factors means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Population cycles and limiting factors
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Prey numbers may fall, then predator numbers may fall as food becomes scarce, giving a cyclical relationship, with the effect depending on factors such as predator numbers, prey reproduction rate and availability of refuges.
Topics that use Population cycles and limiting factors
- Biotic factors (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Competition for resources between species
- Effects of introduced species
- Interdependence and food webs
- Interdependence of organisms in a community
- Pathogens and disease in populations
- Predation and its effect on prey populations
- Predator–prey relationships
- Biotic factor
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