population

     

In sociology an biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species. A population shares a particular characteristic of interest most often that of living in a given geographic area. In taxonomy population is a low-level taxonomic rank.

Trivia about population

  • Though voracious, locusts do not migrate for food, but after an enormous increase in this
  • In a 1968 nonfiction book, Paul Ehrlich predicted mass starvation due to the "Explosion" of this
  • In Thomas Malthus' "Essay on the Principle of" this, he links it with food supply