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What is population in an ecosystem?


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Ecosystem

  1. An ecosystem is made up of all the species that interact with each other as well as the physical environment in which they live.
  2. An ecosystem, in other terms, is a series of interactions between creatures and surroundings.
  3. An English botanist named A.G. Tasley coined the term ecosystem in 1935.
  4. An ecosystem is a functional and structural unit of ecology.

Population in an ecosystem

  1. A population is a subset of individuals from a single species that occupies a certain geographic area and interbreeds in sexually reproducing species.
  2. For some species, defining the geographic boundaries of a population is simple.
  3. While for others, it is very complicated
  4. The total number of individuals in a habitat is referred to as population size.
  5. The number of people living in the given region is referred to as population density.

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