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What is the defining feature of a population?
What is the defining feature of a population?
- Living in a well-defined geographical area
- Sharing similar resources
- Interbreeding potential
- All of the above (correct)
What distinguishes the term 'population' from 'individual organism'?
What distinguishes the term 'population' from 'individual organism'?
- Individual organisms are a result of asexual reproduction
- Population has birth rates and death rates (correct)
- Individuals live in isolation
- Population survives in a changed environment
Why is population ecology considered important?
Why is population ecology considered important?
- It focuses on individual organism adaptation
- It ignores population attributes
- It links ecology to population genetics and evolution (correct)
- It studies only sexual reproduction in populations
What is the role of natural selection in a population?
What is the role of natural selection in a population?
How are birth rates and death rates typically expressed in a population?
How are birth rates and death rates typically expressed in a population?
Why are cormorants in a wetland and lotus plants in a pond considered populations?
Why are cormorants in a wetland and lotus plants in a pond considered populations?
What distinguishes a population from an individual organism in terms of reproduction?
What distinguishes a population from an individual organism in terms of reproduction?
How are birth rates and death rates typically expressed in a population?
How are birth rates and death rates typically expressed in a population?
Why is the concept of 'population' considered important in ecology?
Why is the concept of 'population' considered important in ecology?
What is the significance of natural selection at the population level?
What is the significance of natural selection at the population level?
How does population ecology connect with evolution?
How does population ecology connect with evolution?
What makes birth rates and death rates in a population different from individual births and deaths?
What makes birth rates and death rates in a population different from individual births and deaths?
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