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The process of counting a portion of a population of a species in a particular area and using that number to estimate the total population without physically interacting with the species is called __________.

A)
restoration
B)
mark/recapure
C)
bottlenecking
D)
sampling
E)
arcology

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Answer:

D) sampling

Step-by-step explanation:

A sample, in the context of scientific research and statistics, is a representative subset of a population

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Answer:

sampling (d)

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