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Limiting factor |
Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms. |
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Tolerance |
As a body becomes less responsive to a drug and an individual needs larger or more frequent doses of the drug to achieve the same effect. |
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Succession |
Orderly, natural changes, and species replacements that take place in communities of an ecosystem over time |
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Primary succession |
Colonization of barren land by pioneer organism |
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Climax community |
A stable, mature community that undergoes little or no change in species over time |
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Secondary succession |
Sequence of changes that take place after a community is disrupted by natural disasters or human actions |
