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and site histories influence the distribution and dynamics of plant populations. unlike most animals, individual adult plants do not move, in general, making tracking of survivorship and mortality much easier. plants can, however produce new individuals asexually and can drop or add new sets of organs (flowers, leaves, stems, and branches) in response to the external environment (biotic or abiotic). thus, the material of the plant ecologist is not limited to the distribution and dynamics of individuals in a population but includes the dynamic growth of the ever-changing plant body.
Plant Demography
study of changes in population size
propagules between populations may influence the persistence of species within an integrated landscape.
population; the same density of individuals can be characterized by one of the 3 statistical distributions: Random pattern (the location of any one plant has no bearing on the location of another of the same species).
Sampling
Quadrat (an area of any shape that can be delimited so
that plant species may be listed, counted, or have their vegetation cover estimated
Completely random plot selection (picking plots over an
area at random
Stratified random sampling (subdividing the area into
sections and random sampling is done in each section); this is used in areas with strong environmental gradient; thus the area is well represented
It is important to note that: how the density and distribution of these species or populations in the area are essential information with regards to the interactions going on with other organisms (intraspecific or interspecific) or nonliving factors within the area (ecosystem).
Population
POPULATION (a group of individuals of the same species living in
ecosystems from changing; in fact, ecosystems can and do change, even drastically, as conditions are altered; the one thing that enables ecosystems to sustain a given composition of species over long periods of time is that all relationships in the system are in a DYNAMIC balance. thus, ECOSYSTEM balance is POPULATION balance.