population pressure

American  

noun

Ecology.

1. the force exerted by a growing population upon its environment, resulting in dispersal or reduction of the population.

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Etymology

Origin of population pressure

First recorded in 1930–35

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population pressure

Kessler suspects Floyd made the journey because he might have felt interspecies population pressure in the city and needed to find a new territory.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

With an increasing global population, pressure on the already over-exploited wild salmon stocks is set to intensify.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2024

Communities are already struggling in the face of worsening droughts, extreme weather and other consequences of climate disruption—and population pressure makes adaptation even harder.

From Scientific American ● May 4, 2023

And frankly, some of the other areas people have been moving to could use a break from relentless population pressure.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022

We had already concluded that the formation of complex societies is somehow linked to population pressure, so we should now seek a link between population pressure and the outcome of war.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond