LECTURE 02: ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS_LAW OF LIMITING FACTOR AND TOLERANCE
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What is the Law of Limiting Factor?
The availability of a nutrient in scarcity is the limiting factor equally important for plant growth as the nutrient in abundance (the factor that is most lacking / most excessive limits the organism’s growth)
The law stating that the availability of a nutrient in scarcity is equally important for plant growth as the nutrient in abundance
Law of Limiting Factor
The law stating that organisms have different tolerance ranges for temperature or other factors due to genetic makeup, health, and age
Law of Tolerance
The zone where population abundance is at its highest
Optimum Range
The zones where few or no organisms exist
Zone of Intolerance
What is the Law of Tolerance?
Different organisms have different tolerance ranges for environmental factors (an organism can survive within a certain range of environmental condition)