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Population Ecology
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment, focusing on how individuals in a population interact and how the population interacts with its surroundings.
Population Size
The total number of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding in a specific area.
Quadrat Sampling
A method used to study immobile organisms like plants, involving counting individuals in a sample area to estimate the total population size.
Mark-Recapture Method
A technique used to study animal populations that move, where marked individuals are recaptured to estimate the total population size.
Census
A systematic collection of information from individuals in a population, providing a complete enumeration of the population members.
Population Density
The number of individuals within a specific area or volume, measured as the population size as a percentage of the total land area occupied.
Population Dispersal
How individuals in a population are distributed in space at a given time, with patterns including uniform, random, and clumped dispersion.
Population Growth
The increase in the number of individuals in a population, measured by the population growth rate as the percentage change in population size over a specified period.