Limiting Factors
Density-Dependent Limiting Factors are factors which more strongly affect large, dense populations than less crowded, small ones. Several examples of such limiting factors can be seen in the boreal forest. One such factor would be disease, since disease spreads faster in a large population than in a small one. Other examples include less living space, increased predation, and a decrease in food and water supply
Density- Independent Limiting Factors are factors that affect a population regardless of size. Such examples of these factors would be decrease in oxygen supply and temperature.
Density- Independent Limiting Factors are factors that affect a population regardless of size. Such examples of these factors would be decrease in oxygen supply and temperature.