The serengeti plains are part of the african savanna ecosystem and are home to a variety of different species of plants and animals. the serengeti plains experience a seven-month period of seasonal drought each year, during which the ecosystem receives only four inches of rain and the availability of some resources becomes very scarce. which type of limiting factors does the seasonal drought in the serengeti plains affect?

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Marisa Rush

25 December, 07:02

The serengeti plains are part of the african savanna ecosystem and are home to a variety of different species of plants and animals. the serengeti plains experience a seven-month period of seasonal drought each year, during which the ecosystem receives only four inches of rain and the availability of some resources becomes very scarce. which type of limiting factors does the seasonal drought in the serengeti plains affect?

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Yael Mcintosh · Answer 1

The answer is density-independent limiting factor.

Limiting factors are factors that prevent a population from growing large. There are two types of limiting factors - density-dependent and density-independent. The main difference is that density-dependent factors rely while density-independent factors do not rely on size of a population.

Density-dependent limiting factors are, for example, competition, disease, etc. Density-independent limiting factors are, for example, weather, temperature, etc.

Since, the serengeti plants depend on rain, they are affected by density-independent limiting factors.