AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In uniform distribution, organisms are spread out in a fairly regular pattern. This occurs often where individuals must compete for a limiting resource, such as water or light. Desert shrubs and redwood trees grow in a uniform distribution-shrubs compete for water, while redwoods compete for light.

Detailed explanation-2: -Territorial birds, such as penguins, tend to have uniform distribution. Plants with wind-dispersed seeds, such as dandelions, are usually distributed randomly. Animals, such as elephants, that travel in groups exhibit clumped distribution.

Detailed explanation-3: -The way organisms compete with each other determines species distributions, population dynamics, community structure, food webs, and social dominance hierarchies. Competitive interactions over time manifest themselves in physical and behavioral adaptations that shape the evolution of a species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Uniform patterns of dispersion are generally a result of interactions between individuals like competition and territoriality. Clumped patterns usually occur when resources are concentrated in small areas within a larger habitat or because of individuals forming social groups.

Detailed explanation-5: -The organisms in a population may be distributed in a uniform, random, or clumped pattern. Uniform means that the population is evenly spaced, random indicates random spacing, and clumped means that the population is distributed in clusters.