NEETZoologyOrganisms and Populations
How is the tiger census in national parks and reserves often conducted?
Options
- ABy counting individual tigers
- BBy estimating biomass
- CBy measuring percent cover
- DBy using pug marks and fecal pellets
Correct answer
D. By using pug marks and fecal pellets
Step-by-step solution
Although total number is generally the most appropriate measure of population density, it is in some cases either meaningless or difficult to determine. In an area, if there are 200 carrot grass (Parthenium hysterophorus) plants but only a single huge banyan tree with a large canopy, stating that the population density of banyan is low relative to that of carrot grass amounts to underestimating the enormous role of the Banyan in that community. In such cases, the percent cover or biomass is a more meaningful measur