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To-determine:
The most common type of distribution of individuals in a population through their habitat.
Introduction:
Ecology is the term which is used to study the interactions among organisms and their living and nonliving environment. Demographics are statistical characteristics that are used by ecologists to describe a population.
Explanation of Solution
Most commonly, individuals of a natural population show a clumped distribution through their habitat. Population distribution is the term which is used to describe the location of individuals relative to one another. A patchy distribution of
Thus, the members of a population show a clumped distribution pattern through their habitat commonly.
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