Biology / Unit 14 Bio 3547 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Uniform, Random, and Clumped Dispersion Patterns
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The idea
A population's dispersion pattern is uniform when individuals space evenly apart, random when spacing follows no predictable pattern, and clumped when individuals cluster in groups.
In practice
Territorial penguins disperse uniformly, wind-scattered dandelions disperse randomly, and herd-forming elephants disperse in clumps.
Where people slip
Dispersion pattern describes spatial arrangement only — it says nothing by itself about total population size or density.
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