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A forest fire destroys an area. A small population of trees and a large population of birds are both affected. Which type of limiting factor causes this?
density dependent
density independent
population dependent
population independent

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Density-independent

A forest fire is an abiotic, density-independent limiting factor because it affects populations regardless of their density (it can kill many or few individuals no matter how crowded the population is).