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• Christian population growth — refers to the topic of population growth of the global Christian community. In 2010, there were 2.30 billion Christians in the world, an increase of 150 million from two billion in 2005. The increase in the Christian population is growing at a… …   Wikipedia

• Population control — is the practice of limiting population increase, usually by reducing the birth rate. The practice has sometimes been voluntary, as a response to poverty, environmental concerns, or out of religious ideology, but in some times and places it has… …   Wikipedia

• Population dynamics — is the branch of life sciences that studies short term and long term changes in the size and age composition of populations, and the biological and environmental processes influencing those changes. Population dynamics deals with the way… …   Wikipedia

• Population modeling — is an application of statistical models to the study of changes in populations.Models allow us to better understand how complex interactions and processes work. Modeling of dynamic interactions in nature can provide a manageable way of… …   Wikipedia

• Population viability analysis — (PVA) is a species specific method of risk assessment frequently used in conservation biology. It is traditionally defined as the process that determines the probability that a population will go extinct within a given number of years. More… …   Wikipedia

• Open Yale Courses — is a project of Yale University to share full video and course materials from its undergraduate courses. Open Yale Courses provides free access to a selection of introductory courses. Open Yale Courses launched in December 2007 with seven courses …   Wikipedia

• Population Trends — ▪ 1999 Introduction Demography       At midyear 1998, world population stood at 5,926,000,000, according to estimates prepared by the Population Reference Bureau. This total represented an increase of 84 million over the previous year, firmly… …   Universalium

• population — populational, adj. populationless, adj. /pop yeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area. 2. the body of inhabitants of a place: The population of the city opposes the addition of… …   Universalium

• population ecology — Introduction       study of the processes that affect the distribution and abundance of animal and plant populations.       A population is a subset of individuals of one species that occupies a particular geographic area and, in sexually… …   Universalium

• POPULATION — Methodological Uncertainties Because of the great difficulties in ascertaining human population data in general, and Jewish data in particular, especially in ancient and medieval times, a word of caution is even more necessary here than in most… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Population dynamics of fisheries — A fishery is an area with an associated fish or aquatic population which is harvested for its commercial or recreational value. Fisheries can be wild or farmed. Population dynamics describes the ways in which a given population grows and shrinks… …   Wikipedia