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| 7563559 | population density | number of individuals per unit of area | |
| 7563560 | immigration | movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population | |
| 7563561 | emigration | movement of individuals out of an area | |
| 7563562 | exponential growth | growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate | |
| 7563563 | logistic growth | growth pattern in which a population's growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth | |
| 7563564 | carrying capacity | largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support | |
| 7563565 | limiting factor | factor that causes the growth of a population to decrease | |
| 7563566 | density-dependent limiting factor | factor that depends on population size | |
| 7563567 | density-independent limiting factor | affects all populations in similar ways, regardless of population size | |
| 7563568 | predator-prey relationship | mechanism of population control in which a population is regulated by predation | |
| 7563569 | demography | scientific study of human populations | |
| 7563570 | demographic transition | change in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates | |
| 7563571 | age-structure diagram | graph of the numbrs of males and females within different age groups of a population |
