Nearly all populations will tend to grow exponentially as long as there are resources available. After an initial period of exponential growth, a population will encounter one or more limiting factors that will cause the exponential growth to stop. The population enters a slower growth phase and may stabilize at a fairly constant population size or in some cases, may decline. Limiting factors can be classified as either density-dependent or density-independent.

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Density Dependent Density Independent
environmental pollution
paratism
climatic change
plant biomass
drought

Density Dependent: parasitism

Density Independent: environmental pollution, climatic change, plant biomass, drought