Measuring the size and distribution of populations of organisms
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I can describe how to identify species, estimate the population size of a species and how to investigate the effect of a factor on the distribution of this species.
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Keys can be used to identify organisms in their habitat.
It is not possible to count all the organisms in a population, so we use sampling to estimate population size.
Sampling organisms in habitats (e.g. a river using kick sampling and a net).
Sampling animals using a pooter.
Estimating populations using capture-mark-recapture.
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