OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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Population size is ____
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A measurement of population per unit area
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All the inhabitants of a particular area
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The actual number of individuals in a population
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The most fundamental demographic parameter is the number of individuals within a population (Lebreton et al. 1992). Population size is defined as the number of individuals present in a subjectively designated geographic range.
Detailed explanation-2: -Effective population size (Ne) is one of the most important parameter in population genetics and conservation biology. It translates census sizes of a real population into the size of an idealized population showing the same rate of loss of genetic diversity as the real population under study.
Detailed explanation-3: -Population size is the total number of individuals present in a population.
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