collect the information about population and their types of population
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, a population is a number of all the organisms of the same group or species who live in a particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding.[1][2] The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals from other areas.[3]
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In sociology, population refers to a collection of humans. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Population, in simpler terms, is the number of people in a city or town, region, country or world; population is usually determined by a process called census (a process of collecting, analyzing, compiling and publishing data).
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A population is defined as a group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area. Members of a population often rely on the same resources, are subject to similar environmental constraints, and depend on the availability of other members to persist over time. Scientists study a population by examining how individuals in that population interact with each other and how the population as a whole interacts with its environment. As a tool for objectively studying populations, population ecologists rely on a series of statistical measures, known as demographic parameters, to describe that population (Lebreton et al. 1992). The field of science interested in collecting and analyzing these numbers is termed population demographics, also known as demography.
Broadly defined, demography is the study of the characteristics of populations. It provides a mathematical description of how those characteristics change over time. Demographics can include any statistical factors that influence population growth or decline, but several parameters are particularly important: population size, density, age structure, fecundity (birth rates), mortality (death rates), and sex ratio (Dodge 2006). We introduce each of these in turn.
Population Size...
The most fundamental demographic parameter is the number of individuals within a population (Lebreton et al. 1992). Population size is defined as the number of individuals present in a subjectively designated geographic range. Despite the simplicity in its concept, locating all individuals during a census (a full count of every individual) is nearly impossible, so ecologists usually estimate population size by counting individuals within a small sample area and extrapolating that sample to the larger population. Regardless of the challenges in measuring population size, it is an important characteristic of a population with significant implications for the dynamics of the population as a whole (Lebreton et al. 1992).
Populations display distinctive behaviors based on their size. Small populations face a greater risk of extinction (Caughley 1994). Individuals in these populations can have a hard time finding quality mates so, fewer individuals mate and those that do risk inbreeding (Hamilton 1967). Additionally, individuals in small population are more susceptible to random deaths. Events like fire, floods, and disease have a greater chance of killing all individuals in the population.
Large populations experience their own problems. As they approach the maximum sustainable population size, known as carrying capacity, large populations show characteristic behavior. Populations nearing their carrying capacity experience greater competition for resources, shifts in predator-prey relationships, and lowered fecundity. If the population grows too large, it may begin to exceed the carrying capacity of the environment and degrade available habitat
These short-lived spikes in population size produce swarms capable of destroying farms as they move across the agricultural landscapes, eating everything in their
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Population Density
A more complete description of a population's size includes the population density — the size of a population in relation to the amount of space that it occupies. Density is usually expressed as the number of individuals per unit area or volume (Lebreton et al. 1992). For example: the number of crows per square kilometer or the number of plankton per liter (Andren 1992, Sterner 1986). Like all population properties, density is a dynamic characteristic that changes over time as individuals are added to or removed from the population. Closely related species of Gannet birds will maintain very different densities. Birth and immigration — the influx of new individuals from other areas — can increase a population's density, while death and emigration — the movement of individuals out of a population to other areas — can decrease its density (Lebreton et al. 1992).
They have developed exaggerated territorial behavior as an adaptation to sustain these densely packed colonies.
Similar to population size, population density displays distinctive characteristics at both high and low values. Density-dependent factors, including competition, predation, migration and disease, intensify within populations as density increases. In contrast, density-independent factors, such as weather, fire regimes, and flooding, impact populations regardless of their specific densities (Lebreton et al.
it Dodge 2006). Researchers then create a profile of the size and age structures of the cohorts to determine the reproductive potential of that population, in order to estimate current and future growth. Usually, a rapidly expanding population will have larger reproductive cohorts, stable populations show a more even distribution
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