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the doubling time of a population |
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is a function of exponential growth |
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the situation where a polulation grows rapidly but eventually reaches a constant population |
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the maximum number of a particular species that an environment can support without degrading the environment |
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the movement of a nation from a high population growth to a low population growth |
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The crude growth rate is defined as: |
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birth rate minus death rate |
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The basic concepts of population growth and change |
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In Thomas Malthus’ theory of human population, the ultimate fate of humankind is said to be: |
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plague, pestilence, and famine |
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