Altruism increases biotic potential because individual survival is sacrificed for the sake of others in the group.
The biotic potential of a population is the maximum population size that can be reached at optimum environmental factors.
Altruism means selflessness. A way of prioritizing the needs of others over one's own.
If the members of a population are altruistic, there will be minimal competition and the biotic potential of such a population will increase.
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