Question

when releasing tagged individuals back to the wild population and resampling that population, what is assumed about the tagged individuals? they will spread out in clumps among the population. they will spread out evenly among the wild population. they will clump together in the wild population. they will die quickly after reentering the population.

Explanation:

In population - tagging studies, it is assumed that tagged individuals will spread out evenly among the wild population for accurate resampling and population - size estimation. This even - spreading helps in getting a representative sample when resampling the population.

Answer:

They will spread out evenly among the wild population.