Answer:
The correct answer would be A. Clumped dispersion
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Different ways in which organisms can be spaced in an environment are termed as dispersion patterns.
Organisms mainly show three types of dispersion patterns out of which clumped dispersion is the most common one.
In this type of dispersion, the population is divided in the form of patches. Some patches may contain many individuals while some patches contain no individuals at all.
This is usually caused due to the uneven distribution of resources like nutrients in the environment.
Social interaction can also be one of the reasons. In addition to this, some organisms don’t move and show a clumped pattern.
Some offspring might be very close to their parents and they also show clumped patterns.
