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overpopulationSituation in which the number of individuals of a given species exceeds the number that its environment can sustain. Possible consequences are environmental deterioration, impaired quality of life, and a population crash (sudden reduction in numbers caused by high mortality and failure to produce viable offspring). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``If we experience the population explosion in 2007 that we experienced in 2006, we will be able to release to the wild in 2008. The population explosion was a popular topic of conversation in the late 1960s, even though the world then had only 3. What could result is a seminary population explosion that is only a pipe dream now. |
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