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Colorado has a vast population of lodgepole pines. A population of lodgepole pines has been killed in a section of the forest. What is a possible limiting factor of that population?
devastation by the pine bark beetle
Colorado’s long history of acidic soils
genetic variability
shallow root system

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Devastation by the pine bark beetle.

Explanation: a beetle outbreak is a biotic limiting factor that directly reduces population size by killing trees.