Exploring Population Dynamics

A population is a group of individuals of the same species living in a specific geographic area, sharing or competing for resources, and potentially interbreeding.

Yes, a population can be formed through asexual reproduction as well.

Population ecology is important because it connects ecology to population genetics and evolution, and it is at the population level that natural selection operates to evolve desired traits.

<p>Cormorants in a wetland, rats in an abandoned dwelling, teakwood trees in a forest tract, bacteria in a culture plate, and lotus plants in a pond.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Natural selection operates at the population level.</p> Signup and view all the answers