Select incorrect statement regarding different population attributes:
Natural selection operates at population level
Size of the population tells a lot about its status in the habitat
In age pyramids age distribution of male and females are shown in separate disgrams
Population is a group of individuals multiplying by sexual and asexual reproduction
Size of the population -
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.
- wherein
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).
Correct option is 3
Size of the population -
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.
- wherein
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).