Some factors that may cause a decrease in population size:
- a high mortality rate due to an infectious disease
- a low birth rate
- a high mortality rate due to interspecific competence
- a high emigration rate
Explanation:
In biology, population size (N) refers to the total number of individuals in a given population. The four main factors that affect population size are birthrate (natality), death rate, immigration rate (i.e., the number of individuals of a given species that move into a population), and emigration rate (i.e., the number of individuals of a given species that move out of a population). Both birthrate and immigration are known to increase N, while death rate and emigration are rates known to decrease this value.
Mitochondria are cell organelles that are found in all human body cells except mature red blood cells. These organelles with a double membrane are the location in which cellular respiration occurs.
