"Population Growth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Increase, over a specific period of time, in the number of individuals living in a country or region.
| Descriptor ID |
D011158
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.240.600.660 N01.224.625.660 N06.850.505.400.700.660
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| Concept/Terms |
High Fertility Population- High Fertility Population
- High Fertility Populations
- Population, High Fertility
- Populations, High Fertility
Population Explosion- Population Explosion
- Explosion, Population
- Explosions, Population
- Population Explosions
Natural Increase- Natural Increase
- Increase, Natural
- Increases, Natural
- Natural Increases
Past Trends- Past Trends
- Past Trend
- Trend, Past
- Trends, Past
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Population Growth" by people in Profiles.
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Local Adaptation Is Highest in Populations With Stable Long-Term Growth. Ecol Lett. 2025 Feb; 28(2):e70071.
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Adaptive evolution shapes the present-day distribution of the thermal sensitivity of population growth rate. PLoS Biol. 2020 10; 18(10):e3000894.
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What Are Risks and Benefits of Not Incorporating Information about Population Growth and Its Impact on Climate Change into Reproductive Care? AMA J Ethics. 2017 12 01; 19(12):1157-1163.
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An abundance of rare functional variants in 202 drug target genes sequenced in 14,002 people. Science. 2012 Jul 06; 337(6090):100-4.
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Longevity can buffer plant and animal populations against changing climatic variability. Ecology. 2008 Jan; 89(1):19-25.
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Food limitation and insect outbreaks: complex dynamics in plant-herbivore models. J Anim Ecol. 2007 Sep; 76(5):1004-14.
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Sensitivity of the population growth rate to demographic variability within and between phases of the disturbance cycle. Ecol Lett. 2006 Dec; 9(12):1331-41.
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Formation of multifractal population patterns from reproductive growth and local resettlement. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2005 Oct; 72(4 Pt 2):046213.
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Combining stochastic models with experiments to understand the dynamics of monarch butterfly colonization. Am Nat. 2005 Dec; 166(6):731-50.
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Evidence for population growth in humans is confounded by fine-scale population structure. Trends Genet. 2002 Nov; 18(11):559-63.