Dependent & Independent Factors Affect Population

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competition -v-

Population species: deers

Resources: water, food, shelter

Density-dependent factors: flood, forest fire, drought

Density-independent factors: predation (ex. hunters)

Last Thursday (May 10), a simulation was done to observe how denpendent and independent factors affect population. Students were sperated to two groups, deers and resources (water, food, shelter).
We started off with two deers and abundant resources. At first, deers could choose whatever resources they wanted. But later on, as more and more resources became to deers, competitions became to happen. The faster deers were able to get their requested resources and other deers were died because the limitation of resources. These dead deers became resources again in the next turn.
Until this point, this simulation showed that

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competing