Medical Definition of Density-dependent

1. 1. Effects whose intensity changes with increasing population density. 2. Effects whose intensity increases with increasing population density, for example a mortality which becomes very high near a carrying capacity. Effects which become less pronounced at higher population sizes (perhaps the reduction in fecundity caused by the difficulty of mating) are sometimes called inverse density dependent. Density dependent effects are often a cause of nonlinearity in a model. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Density-dependent

densifies
densify
densifying
densimeter
densimeter
densities
densitometer
densitometer
densitometers
densitometric
densitometries
densitometry
densitometry
density
density
density-dependent (current term)
density dependent inhibition of growth
density gradient
density gradient centrifugation
densovirinae
densovirus
dens angularis
dens bicuspidus
dens caninus
dens cuspidatus
dens deciduus
dens incisivus
dens invaginatus
dens in dente
dens lacteus

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