Which type of population distribution is rare?

• A. Clumped
• B. Randomly dispersed
• C. Uniformly dispersed
• D. Irregularly dispersed

Answer: (C)

Uniformly dispersed population distribution is considered rare in natural ecosystems. This type of distribution occurs when individuals are spaced evenly across an area, often as a result of strong competition for resources, such as water or nutrients, which leads organisms to maintain a certain distance from one another to minimize competition.

In most natural settings, environmental factors and varying resource availability cause populations to clump around resources (clumped distribution) or to be randomly dispersed in instances where resources are abundant and evenly spread out (randomly dispersed). Additionally, irregular dispersion can occur due to the unpredictable nature of environmental factors, making a uniform distribution quite uncommon.

Overall, while uniformly dispersed populations can be found in specific circumstances, they are less frequently observed in the wild compared to the other types of population distributions.