Population and Population Studies

The total number of individuals of a given species in a given place is called a population or population size while the total area occupied by the population is called population area and the number of individuals per unit area is called population densityDensity is the measurement of how tightly a material is packed together i.e. how closely the particles are packed in the material. The tighter the material is packed the more its... More.

Population density is calculated using the formula,

⇒ \(\scriptsize Population\: Density = \normalsize \frac{Population \: Size}{Population \: Density} \)  

The unit of measurement is population size/unit area.

For example, if the population size of ants is 400 over an area of 200 cm², the population density can be calculated thus;