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Population Growth

Known as: Growth, Population, growth population 
Increase, over a specific period of time, in the number of individuals living in a country or region.
National Institutes of Health

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Baby BoomBaby BustNatural IncreaseZero Population Growth
Population ForecastVital Statistics

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution
Recent hikes in food prices have created economic and social turmoil in many African countries. But in Malawi, fertilizer and… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Effects of global irrigation on the near-surface climate
Irrigation delivers about 2,600 km3 of water to the land surface each year, or about 2% of annual precipitation over land. We… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Laws of population growth
An important issue in the study of cities is defining a metropolitan area, because different definitions affect conclusions… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
A review of the relationships between human population density and biodiversity
To explore the impacts of increasing human numbers on nature, many studies have examined relationships between human population… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Molecular-Level Variation Affects Population Growth in a Butterfly Metapopulation
The dynamics of natural populations are thought to be dominated by demographic and environmental processes with little influence… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
PREDATORS REDUCE PREY POPULATION GROWTH BY INDUCING CHANGES IN PREY BEHAVIOR
The ability of predators to reduce prey populations is generally ascribed to the consumption of prey individuals. However… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
GENERALIST PREDATORS DISRUPT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL BY A SPECIALIST PARASITOID
Two broad classes of arthropod natural enemies attack insect herbivores: specialists and generalists. The tight dynamical linkage… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Paleolithic population growth pulses evidenced by small animal exploitation
Variations in small game hunting along the northern and eastern rims of the Mediterranean Sea and results from predator-prey… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Reproduction and population growth in free-ranging mantled howling monkeys.
Free-ranging mantled howling monkey (Alouatta palliata Gray) females experienced a regular estrus cycle averaging 16.3 days… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Competition between species: theoretical models and experimental tests.
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