POPULATION

Population

A population is a summation of all the organisms of the same group or species, who live in the same geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding. In ecology the population of a certain species in a certain area is estimated using the Lincoln Index. The area that is used to define a sexual population is defined as the area where inter-breeding is potentially possible between any pair within the area. The probability of interbreeding is greater than the probability of cross-breeding with individuals from other areas. Under normal conditions, breeding is substantially more common within the area than across the border.

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population

Noun

  1. The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
  2. By extension, the people with a given characteristic.
  3. A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.
  4. A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.
  5. A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.
  6. The act of filling initially empty items in a collection.


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