The biotic potential is the quantitative expression of the ability of a species to face natural selection in any environment.
The main equilibrium of a particular population is described by the equation: Chapman also relates to a "vital index", regarding a ratio to find the rate of surviving members of a species, whereas; According to the ecologist R.N.
Nutritive potential is the ability to acquire and use food for growth and energy.
Full expression of the biotic potential of an organism is restricted by environmental resistance, any condition that inhibits the increase in number of the population.
A species reaching its biotic potential would exhibit exponential population growth and be said to have a high fertility, that is, how many offspring are produced per mother.