Population Ecology

Question 1

What is ecology?

Answer 1

the study of organisms and how they interact with each other and their environment—biotic and abiotic

Question 2

What is a population?

Answer 2

a group of individuals of the same species living in the same place at the same time and individuals that can interact with one another

Question 3

What is visual estimation?

Answer 3

break the flock into smaller units and extrapolate to the entire flock

Question 4

What is the quadrant method?

Answer 4

choose a predetermined number of random quadrants to count, take the average and extrapolate to the entire area of interest

Question 5

What are the assumptions for the mark-recapture method?

Answer 5

closed population, marked individuals have enough time to randomly mix throughout the entire population before the recapture period, and all individuals have an equal likelihood of being captured during both sampling periods