NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Population is defined as a group of individual of the same species, plant or animal, inhabiting a given area. Many such populations that are interacting with each other together form the community. The biotic community together with the abiotic environment together forms the ecosystem.

Detailed explanation-2: -So, the correct answer is ‘Population’.

Detailed explanation-3: -In ecology, a community is a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area at the same time, also known as a biocoenosis, biotic community, biological community, ecological community, or life assemblage. The term community has a variety of uses.

Detailed explanation-4: -Population: A group of organisms of the same species, living in the same area at the same time.

Detailed explanation-5: -population-all the members of one species in a particular area.