| The biotic potential of a population is the ability of that population to grow under optimal environmental conditions. |
| Species vary in their biotic potential or capacity for population growth under ideal conditions. |
| In general, biotic potential remains constant, and it shifts in environmental resistance that allow populations to increase or cause them to decrease. |
| Populations of species with large individuals, such as elephants, have a low biotic potential while those of small individuals, such as bacteria and insects, have a high biotic potential. |
| Restoration of the stabilising biotic potential would mean relaxation of anthropogenic pressure on perturbed territories and complete abandonment of further cultivation of the natural biota. |
| Factors that affect biotic potential include the age at which reproduction begins, how long individuals remain reproductive, and how much offspring are produced by each reproductive event. |
