explain why most species with a high capacity for population growth (high biotic potential) tend to have small individuals (such as bacteria and flies) while those with low capacity for population growth tend to have large individuals (such as humans, elephants and whales

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Communities and Ecosystems

Ecology contains two words: Eikos means dwelling, and logy means to study, so the combined meaning is studying habitat or living.