NounSingular population Plural populations population (plural populations)
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Related termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. In biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything. Demography is used extensively in marketing, which relates to economic units, such as retailers, to potential customers. For example, a coffee shop that wants to sell to a younger audience looks at the demographics of an area to be able to appeal to this younger audience. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What is the population of mountain goats in a particular alpine region? Q. Homework Help!! I need to find out how many mountain goats or other animals that live in the alpine region there are so that i can make a comparison to say that alpine regions have limited oxygen therefore the population of animals that live there is significantly smaller than the same species living on land. Please include your source, thanks! Asked by Mag_An - Thu May 3 04:04:44 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Um, you are on the right track, but it's not just the oxygen. Remember plants "inhale" CO2 and there is not much of that either. Alpine animals have to deal with two types of problems: the cold and too much high UV wavelengths. This is because there is less atmosphere to filter UV rays from the sun. There are only warm blooded animals in the Alpine biome, although there are insects. Alpine animals adapt to the cold by hibernating, migrating to lower, warmer areas, or insulating their bodies with layers of fat. Animals will also tend to have shorter legs, tails, and ears, in order to reduce heat loss. Alpine animals also have larger lungs, more blood cells and hemoglobin because of the increase of pressure and lack of oxygen at higher… [cont.] Answered by roscoedeadbeat - Thu May 3 04:18:48 2007 What percentage of the population preys upon the misfortune of others? To make money off of them? Q. Does this trait come out in everyone or is it less the 50% of the population? I always thought that we should help the unfortunate and those in need myself. Have I been mislead? Is that not the norm? Asked by Dawn - Mon Jul 6 02:46:57 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Selfishness and greed is an unfortunate trait of human imperfection, but it can be recognized, controlled and eventually done away with individually. However,the worldwide economical system has been set up on greed, to live off of others. It is based on greed and love of money, self interest. The hardworking "ordinary" person and those classified as minorities, for what ever reason, are pretty much the ones who get taken advantage of by a system that has been set up to cater to the "upper class big wheels" so to speak, while providing only crumbs for the ones who really deserve better for their efforts. Because of the love of money by the "big shots" of society and a greedy system, thousands of people every year are allowed to be homeless,… [cont.] Answered by Camellia - Mon Jul 6 04:21:40 2009 How does Australia's population growth and distribution affect the environmennt?
Q. How has the rising population affected the environment? I know most of the people live on the coast, but how has this affected the environment? Asked by David H - Thu Jul 30 05:21:58 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. try to check on this site it's help you about information 's%20population%20growth% 20and%20distribution%20af fect%20the%20environment Answered by black > > harp - Sun Aug 2 21:55:15 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "population"  news.google.com Louisville Courier-Journal Monarch butterflies have two North American populations . One in the West winters primarily along the California coast. The eastern population is bigger and ... and more » news.google.com MedPage Today Most previous studies have found an increased risk of death associated with the disease, but several of those were not population -based, lacked children and ... Study finds increased risk of death for patients with celiac ... EurekAlert (press release) Mortality in Celiac Disease, Intestinal Inflammation, and Gluten ... Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) Gluten allergy boosts death risk: study AFP all 22 news articles » news.google.com The Associated Press Some proponents of a shift to greener energy have looked to wind power as an abundant and renewable source of power. Yet efforts to build "wind farms" in ... and more » From Google News Search: "population"  greendiary.com 235px x 350px | 13.50kB [source page] Great news for Conservationists Though currently under protection by the Royal Charter the swan population in Britain is found to be increasing exponentially But as The Independent From Yahoo Image Search: "population"  cis.org Jerry Kammer hu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:08 GM The role of immigration as the leading source of . population. growth is a divisive issue among U.S. environmentalists. The Sierra Club, which once called for immigration policies aimed at stabilizing the . population. , has backed away from ...  lifesitenews.com Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:19:16 GM Daily news, articles, links, and information on politics, abortion, euthanasia, religion, family life, and entertainment.  scienceblogs.com unknown ue, 15 Sep 2009 21:26:35 GM Most prominent among those traits are skin color, which is controlled by about 6 genes when it comes to the vast majority of the between . population. variation (one gene alone, SLC25A5, can account for on the order of 1/3 of the between ... From Google Blog Search: "population" |
