NEETZoologyOrganisms and Populations
What does the size of a population indicate about its status in the habitat?
Options
- AIts genetic diversity
- BIts reproductive rate
- CIts ecological status
- DIts migration patterns
Correct answer
C. Its ecological status
Step-by-step solution
The size of the population tells us a lot about its status in the habitat . Whatever ecological processes we wish to investigate in a population, be it the outcome of competition with another species, the impact of a predator or the effect of a pesticide application, we always evaluate them in terms of any change in the population size. The size, in nature, could be as low as <10 (Siberian cranes at Bharatpur wetlands in any year) or go into millions (Chlamydomonas in a pond). Population size, technically called po