Question

Natality a characteristic of population refers to:

• A. The increase in number of individuals in a population during a given period
• B. Total number of individuals present per unit area at a given time.
• C. The number of individuals that have come into the habitat during a given period
• D. The maximum number of individuals of population that can be sustained indefinitely in a given habitat

Answer 1

Answer:

A. The increase in number of individuals in a population during a given period

Natality is a characteristic of a population that refers to the birth rate, or the number of births per unit of time per unit of population. Natality is the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population over a given period of time. It's calculated by dividing the total number of live births by the population size and the length of the period in years.