bi·ot·ic po·ten·tial

a theoretic measurement of the capacity of a species to survive or to compete successfully.

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biotic potential

An estimate of the maximum capacity of living things to survive and reproduce under optimal environmental conditions.

biotic potential

The hypothetical maximum reproductive capacity a population of organisms could sustain if the population were living in an optimised environment.

bi·ot·ic po·ten·ti·al

(bī-ot'ik pō-ten'shăl)

Theoretic measurement of the capacity of a species to survive or to compete successfully.

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biotic potential

the theoretical maximum rate of increase of a species of organism in the absence of any adverse environmental factors such as predators or disease.

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The biotic potential and fertility life table were developed using data from the immature stages of S.

The biotic potential, calculated from the equation BP = [(sr*d).sup.n] - er BP = [(0.505 x 4,535.685).sup.6.493] - 0, was 6.547 x [10.sup.21] individuals per female per year.

Biotic potential and reproductive parameters of Spodoptera cosmioides (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the laboratory/Potencial biotico e parametros reprodutivos de Spodoptera cosmioides (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) em laboratorio

The aqueous extracts of the plants were mixed in the larval media to determine egg laying, larval and pupal duration, larval and pupalsurvival, development time, biotic potential, sex ratio and intrinsic rate of increase, in order to determine stimulation or inhibition of life traits of the house fly.

These parameters allowed the intrinsic rate of increase, the biotic potential and the net replacement rate to be calculated.

Influence of Plant Extracts on the Life History and Population Development of House Fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae)

When submitting the values for the biotic potential of the population, along with the biotic perpetuation on a life expectancy curve, differences were found for all larval stages (37 to 44) and this range of numerical differences was called environmental resistance (see Figure 4).

Longevity and survival curves of Rhinella icterica (Anura, Bufonidae) under laboratory conditions/Longevidade e curva de sobrevivencia de Rhinella icterica (Anura, Bufonidae) em condicoes de laboratorio

The biotic potential (BP) was estimated to determine the intrinsic capacity of the species to generate descendants under different rearing conditions, with environmental resistance assumed to be absent (Silveira Neto et al., 1976).

Biological aspects of Periga circumstans Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Hemileucinae) with larvae reared on khaki and mate-plant leaves

Biotic potential calculated reached almost 1.5 x 1013; this indicates that resistance to the environment, constituted by natural enemies and abiotic factors is preventing the A.

Bionomy of Anicla mahalpa Schaus, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae), in the laboratory/Bionomia de Anicla mahalpa Schaus, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae), em laboratorio