Lab 5

Question 1

Assumptions of mark and recapture

Answer 1

-marking method does no hard the animal
-no births or deaths within the study
-population is closed
-likelihood of recapture is not influenced by the age
-mark will last the entire marking period
-marked animals will disperse completely within the population

Question 2

What makes a population closed in nature?

Answer 2

-dispersal barriers
-slow/reproductive/death rate

Question 3

What does M,C, and R stand for?

Answer 3

M: the number of animals that were marked initially in the first survey
C: the number of animals captured in the second survey
R: the number of marked animals that were recaptured in the second survey

Question 4

What is the equation for species and quadrats

Answer 4

S=s(n-1/n)xk
s=total species
n=number of quadrats
k=number of special species belonging to only one quadrat