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Limiting factor
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<p>A limiting factor is a variable of a system that causes a noticeable change in output or another measure of a type of system. The limiting factor is in a pyramid shape of organisms going up from the producers to consumers and so on. A factor not limiting over a certain <a href="/facts/Domain_of_a_function/FQvoeUpX">domain</a> of starting conditions may yet be limiting over another domain of starting conditions, including that of the factor. </p>