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biotic potential

noun

  1. the capacity of a population of organisms to increase in numbers under optimum environmental conditions.

biotic potential

  1. The maximum capacity of an individual or population to reproduce under optimal environmental conditions. Populations rarely reproduce at their biotic potential because of limiting factors such as disease, predation, and restricted food resources.

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Origin of biotic potential1

First recorded in 1930–35

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