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Density-Independent Limiting Factors
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A density-independent limiting factor affects a population's growth rate by roughly the same proportion regardless of population density, as with many abiotic disturbances.
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A severe frost kills a similar proportion of a plant population whether that population is sparse or dense.
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A density-independent event can still be catastrophic — independence from density describes the scaling of the effect, not its size.