alleryStart learning →The statistical study of population dynamics is called:
ADemography
BTaxonomy
CGenetics
DAnatomy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Demography
1. Population biology has its own quantitative branch.
2. The statistical study of population dynamics is demography.
3. It uses a series of mathematical tools.
4. Those tools investigate how populations respond to their biotic and abiotic environments.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 45 'Population and Community Ecology', sections 45.1-45.4_
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