Question

in a particular environment there is plenty of food, water, cover, and space to support a large population of pheasants, but a larger quantity of predators are introduced. the predators become the ______ for pheasants in that environment.
a. carrying capacity
b. abiotic factor
c. limiting factor
d. biotic factor

please select the best answer from the choices provided

a
b
c
d

Explanation:

A limiting factor is any resource or environmental condition—either biotic or abiotic—that limits the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or a population of organisms in an ecosystem. In this scenario, even though resources like food, water, cover, and space are abundant, the introduction of a large number of predators restricts the growth of the pheasant population, making predation the primary limiting factor.

Answer:

C. limiting factor