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<p>84.172.231.134: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Liebig's Law of the Minimum''', often simply called '''Liebig's Law''' or the '''Law of the Minimum''', is a principle developed in [[agricultural science]] by [[Justus von Liebig]]. It states that [[growth]] is controlled not by the total of [[resource]]s available, but by the [[limiting factor|scarcest]] resource. This concept was originally applied to [[plant]] or [[crop]] growth, where it was found that increasing the amount of plentiful [[nutrient]]s did not increase plant growth. Only by increasing the amount of the limiting nutrient (the one most scarce in relation to &quot;need&quot;) was the growth of a plant or crop improved.<br /> <br /> Liebig's Law has been extended to biological [[population]]s. For example, the growth of a biological population may not be limited by the total amount of resources available throughout the [[year]], but by the minimum amount of resources available to that population at the time of year of greatest scarcity. That is, the growth of a population of [[animal]]s might depend not on how much [[food]] is available in [[summer]], but on how much food is available in [[winter]].<br /> <br /> This is closely related to the chemical principle of the [[rate determining step]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Agriculture]]<br /> [[Category:Ecology]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Liebigsches Minimumgesetz]]</div>

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<p>84.172.231.134: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Liebig's Law of the Minimum''', often simply called '''Liebig's Law''' or the '''Law of the Minimum''', is a principle developed in [[agricultural science]] by [[Justus von Liebig]]. It states that [[growth]] is controlled not by the total of [[resource]]s available, but by the [[limiting factor|scarcest]] resource. This concept was originally applied to [[plant]] or [[crop]] growth, where it was found that increasing the amount of plentiful [[nutrient]]s did not increase plant growth. Only by increasing the amount of the limiting nutrient (the one most scarce in relation to &quot;need&quot;) was the growth of a plant or crop improved.<br /> <br /> Liebig's Law has been extended to biological [[population]]s. For example, the growth of a biological population may not be limited by the total amount of resources available throughout the [[year]], but by the minimum amount of resources available to that population at the time of year of greatest scarcity. That is, the growth of a population of [[animal]]s might depend not on how much [[food]] is available in [[summer]], but on how much food is available in [[winter]].<br /> <br /> This is closely linked to the chemical principle of the &quot;[[rate determining step]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Agriculture]]<br /> [[Category:Ecology]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Liebigsches Minimumgesetz]]</div>

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