Concepts of Biology
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ISBN: 9781938168116
Author: Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise
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Chapter 19, Problem 4RQ
Which of the following methods will provide information to an ecologist about both the size and density of a population?
a. mark and recapture
b. mark and release
c. quadrat
d. life table
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