Question

The collective term for factors that act to limit the growth of populations is ____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Environmental Resistance

Explanation:

Environmental resistance can be defined as all the factors including physical factors, chemical factors and  environmental factors  including biotic and abiotic factors (e.g drought, mineral deficiencies, and competition) limiting the life forms of an organism or kind of organism and impose a restriction on their numerical increase. These factors limit the growth of  species in a population.