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(a) List any three ways of measuring population density of a habitat.
(b) Mention the essential information that can be obtained by studying the population density of an organism.

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(a) Three ways of measuring population density of a habitat are :
(i) By physical counting.
(ii) By percent cover or total biomass.
(iii) Counting pug marks and counting faecal pellets.
(b) (i) The status of habitat.
(ii) Whether competition for survival exists or not.
(iii) Whether population is increasing or declining.
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