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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > physiology > reproduction > biotic potential
Preferred Term:

biotic potential

Definition:
The inherent ability of an organism to multiply in the absence of extrinsic controlling factors. This potential depends on the number of live, fertile offspring produced at each reproduction, the frequency of reproduction and, where sex is involved, the sex ratio.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
reproduction
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/225047
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RDF/XMLCreated 2014-08-19, last modified 2014-11-17