EBK LIFE: THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY
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Chapter 56.2, Problem 1R
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The factor that is limiting to the membership of the species in a local community.
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To get the membership of a community, the organisms have to take care of the three factors:
1) The regional species pool and the supply of the species.
2) Abiotic conditions, which include chemical and physical environmental conditions.
3) Interactions among different species.
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