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population dynamics

American  
[pahp-yuh-lay-shuhn-dahy-nam-iks] / ˌpɑp yəˈleɪ ʃən daɪˈnæm ɪks /

noun

  1. the mathematical and biological science dealing with population size and the factors involved in the changing size and age of a population.


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This research marks the first comprehensive attempt to apply a data-driven approach to understanding firefly population dynamics on a continental scale.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

For this study, researchers ran simulations through a honey bee population dynamics model using climate projections for 2050 and the end of the century at 2100.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

“We still know very little about the population dynamics of early human ancestors for several reasons, including methodological limitations and difficulties in obtaining ancient DNA data from old Homo specimens,” she says.

From Scientific American • Sep. 6, 2023

Miho Iwasawa, the IPSS's director of population dynamics research, said people were getting married later, leading to a decline in births.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2023

In America, farmers have repeatedly traded one insect enemy for a worse one as spraying upsets the population dynamics of the insect world.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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