Population Studies

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Meaning of Population Studies
Factors Affecting Population Growth
Problems Associated with Human Overpopulation

Population studies encompass the study of population dynamics, how and why population changes over time as well as their interaction with the environment. Parameters of a population include dominance, size, distribution, densityDensity is the measurement of how tightly a material is packed together i.e. how closely the particles are packed in the material. The tighter the material is packed the more its... More, frequency and percentage cover.

Size: Population size gives an indication of how the population of an organism is surviving in a habitat.
Dominance: This refers to the population with the largest size in a community.
Distribution: This refers to the pattern in which the population of organisms are dispersed in a habitat.
Frequency: Population frequency is defined as the number of times an organism occurs within a given

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