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Q. Although total number is generally the most appropriate measure of population density, it is in some cases either meaningless or difficult to determine as in the case of

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In an area if there are $200$ Parthenium plants but only a single huge Banyan tree with a large canopy, stating that the population density of Banyan is low relative to that of Parthenium amounts to under estimating the enormous role of Banyan in that community. In such cases percent cover or biomass is more meaningful measure of the population size.