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Sampling

It is important to estimate the number of organisms in a population to better understand the relationships in a . This information is useful for monitoring the impact of conservation projects that aim to conserve or . It is almost always impossible to count all of the organisms in a population. Scientists look at a small section of a population to draw conclusions about the rest of the population. This process is called and the area or part of population looked at is called a sample.