Wiktionary growthGrowth refers to an increase in some quantity over time. The quantity can be Physical e.g., growth in height, growth in an amount of money Abstract e.g., a system becoming more complex, an organism becoming more mature . It can also refer to the mode of growth, i.e. numeric models for describing how much a particular quantity grows over time. Biology Cell growth A tumour is sometimes referred to as a growth Bacterial growth Fungus Reproduction Fungal growth Human development biology Human development Growth hormone A Growth spurt refers to a short period of rapid growth, commonly associated with puberty , but also occurring at other stages of Human development biology Human development , as well as in other animals. Auxology Human development biology Human development Social science Human development humanity Human development psychology Personal development Personal growth Individual growth Population growth Economy Economic growth For financial growth due to simple interest or compound interest see Interest finance Interest Growth investing Numerical models Linear growth Logistic growth Exponential growth Hyperbolic growth Films Growth film Growth film , a 2010 American horror film disambig ar de Wuchs es Crecimiento desambiguaci n eu Hazkunde argipena fr Croissance ms Pertumbuhan nl Groei pl Wzrost ru simple Growth sk Rast sv Tillv xt ... more details
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Image Helictites and Stalactites Growing out of the Rim of a Broken Stalactite.jpg thumb right 250px The slow growth rate of stalactites new stalactites have been growing along the rim of a mother stalactite that was broken about 100 years ago. Growth rate may refer to Exponential growth , a growth rate classification Compound annual growth rate or CAGR, a measure of financial growth Economic growth , the increase in value of the goods and services produced by an economy Growth rate group theory , a property of a group in group theory Population growth rate , change in population over time disambig ja ... more details
Growth industry may refer to Economics of growth hormone treatment See also Industry Increasing demand, Supply and demand Demand curve shifts growth of economic demand disambig ... more details
Growth landmarks are parameter s measured in infants , children and adolescent s which help gauge where they are on a Continuum theory continuum of normal growth and Child development development . Growth landmarks have also been used for determination of abnormal growth as well. External links Sexual development http www.teachingsexualhealth.ca parentstudent pages 13yearsofage.html http www.teachingsexualhealth.ca parentstudent pages 8to12yearsofage.html Growth hormone and growth http www.ahrq.gov clinic epcsums shortsum.htm Growth in young brains http www.loni.ucla.edu thompson MEDIA latimes.html Growth and body composition http www.ajcn.org cgi content full 80 5 1334 Category Child development med stub ... more details
Inorganic growth is the rate of growth of business , sales expansion etc. by increasing output and business reach by acquiring new businesses by way of merger s, Takeover acquisitions and take overs. ref http www.investopedia.com terms i inorganicgrowth.asp Investopedia definition ref ref http in.reuters.com article idINN2416441620100624 Dell CFO eyes M&A, growth for enterprise business ref This kind of growth also takes place due to government directives, leading to enhancement of business in some identified priority sector area. The inorganic growth rate also factors in the impact of foreign exchange movements or performance of other economies. As opposed to the organic growth , this kind of growth is affected to a great extent by exogeneous factors. It is also a faster way for companies to grow compared with organic growth where the main focus is productivity enhancement and cost reduction . This term is usually related with financial sectors showing expanding business and profits. ref http www.insurancejournal.com magazines east features 2006 06 19 71026.htm Lackluster organic growth kicks up broker M&A activity in May ref References Reflist External links http www.equitymaster.com detail.asp?date 02 07 2006&story 3&title MA Growth for the sake of growth M&A Growth for the sake of growth? http www.pharmabiz.com article detnews.asp?articleid 36560§ionid 50 M&A drives Pharma Inc. Prof R D Joshi Category Business economics econ stub ... more details
Compensatory growth is a type of regenerative growth that can take place a number of human organs after the organs are either damaged, removed, or cease to function. The growth can be a result of increased cell size hypertrophy or an increase in cell division hyperplasia . For instance, if one kidney is removed, the other kidney grows at a faster rate with increased cell division. Eventually, the remaining kidney can grow until its mass approaches the combined mass of two kidneys. Compensatory growth has also been characterized in the liver and lung s. A large number of growth factor s and hormone s are involved with compensatory growth, but the exact mechanism is not fully understood and varies between different organs. Nevertheless, Angiogenesis angiogenic growth factors which control the growth of blood vessel s are particularly important because blood flow significantly determines the maximum growth of an organ. Compensatory growth may also refer to the accelerated growth following a period of slowed growth, particularly as a result of nutrient deprivation. See also Hyperplasia Hypertrophy Cellular adaptation References Widmaier E. P., Raff H., and Strang K. T. 2006 . Vander s Human Physiology The Mechanisms Of Body Function. 10th edition. Boston, Mass McGraw Hill Companies. ISBN 978 0072827415. http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 129769 compensatory growth Category Biology Category Human physiology Category Human development ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Tip growth is an extreme form of polarised growth of living cells that results in an elongated cylindrical cell morphology with a rounded tip at which the growth activity takes place. Tip growth occurs in algae e.g., Acetabularia Acetabularia acetabulum , fungi hypha e and plants e.g. Trichome root hairs and pollen tubes . DEFAULTSORT Tip Growth Category Developmental biology Botany stub ja ... more details
Human growth may refer to The process of growing up, including human development biology development of the human body as it gets older and the psychosocial development of a person as he or she matures. See also human growth hormone , human height Determinants of growth and height determinants of growth and height , and human development psychology . Population growth . See also world population . disambig ... more details
orphan date August 2008 Schumpeterian growth is an economic theory named after the 20th century Austrians Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter . Unlike modern economic growth theories, his approach explains growth by innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. Literature Philippe Aghion 2002 , Schumpeterian Growth Theory and the Dynamics of Income Inequality , Econometrica 70 3 , 855 882. Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt 1992 , A Model of Growth Through Creative Destruction , Econometrica 60 2 , 323 351. Category Economic theories econ stub ... more details
In finance , organic growth is the process of businesses expansion due to increasing overall customer base, increased output per customer or representative, new sales, or any combination of the above, as opposed to mergers and acquisitions that are examples of inorganic growth . Typically, the organic growth rate also excludes the impact of foreign exchange. Growth including foreign exchange, but excluding divestitures and acquisitions is often referred to as core growth . Organic growth is growth that comes from a company s existing businesses, as opposed to growth that comes from buying new businesses. It may be negative. Organic growth figures are adjusted for the effects of acquisitions and disposals of businesses. Organic growth does include growth over a period that results from investment in businesses the company owned at the beginning of the period. What it excludes is the boost to growth from acquisitions, and the decline from sales and closures of whole businesses. When a company does not disclose organic growth numbers, it is usually possible to estimate them by estimating the numbers for acquisitions made in the period being looked at and in the previous year. It is useful to break down organic sales growth into that coming from market growth and that coming from gains in market share this makes it easier to see how sustainable growth is. Relating to organic input in an organisation ... ref The mechanisms and rate of growth of firms experiencing organic growth was extensively studied by Edith Penrose in her 1958 book The Theory of the Growth of the Firm . ref http www.inc.com ... organic growth ref An early reference to Organic Growth appeared in Inazo Nitobe s book The Soul of Japan written in 1899. See also Inorganic growth Mergers and acquisitions Organic volume ... organic growth over ma Canadian companies favour organic growth over M&A http www.insurancejournal.com magazines east features 2006 06 19 71026.htm Lackluster organic growth kicks up broker M&A activity ... more details
Clean growth is a way to achieve economic growth , using clean technology , and allowing sustainable development . The aim is to rise standard of living with a reduced environmental impact. Scientists and politicians use this terminology. For example, Nicolas Sarkozy said blockquote Our first goal is to find the way to achieve clean growth and I want to defend this idea here today. We haven t got to choose between saving the planet and growth. We need to have growth and save the planet. So we need a growth that consumes less energy and fewer raw materials. A new economy must be invented. ref http www.ambafrance us.org news statmnts 2007 62unga sarkozy speech climate change092407.asp speech , UN assembly, sept. 2007 ref blockquote References references Articles http www.cleantechgrowth.org Articles on CleanTech Growth Category Sustainable development Category Economic growth ... more details
File Growth Curve Girl WHO .jpg right thumb 300px Growth curve of a girl, compared to the 2006 WHO curves. A growth chart is used by Pediatrics pediatricians and other health care providers to follow a child s growth over time. Growth charts have been constructed by observing the growth of large numbers of normal children over time. The human height height , weight , and head circumference of a child can be compared to the expected parameters of children of the same age and sex to determine whether the child is growing appropriately. Growth charts can also be used to predict the expected adult height and weight of a child because, in general, children maintain a fairly constant growth curve. When a child deviates from his or her previously established growth curve, investigation into the cause is generally warranted. For instance, a decrease in the growth velocity may indicate the onset of a chronic illness such as inflammatory bowel disease . Growth charts can also be compiled with a portion of the population deemed to have been raised in more or less ideal environments, such as nutrition ... . Growth charts are different for boys and girls, due in part to pubertal differences and disparity ... follow distinct growth curves which deviate significantly from normal children. As such, growth charts have been created to describe the expected growth patterns of several genetic diseases. Since there are differences in normal growth rates between breastfed and formula fed babies http pediatrics.aappublications.org cgi content abstract 96 3 497 , the World Health Organization growth charts, which better reflect the growth pattern of the healthy, breastfed infant are considered the standard ... , a growth disorder References http www.cdc.gov growthcharts CDC information on growth charts http www.who.int childgrowth standards technical report en index.html WHO information on growth charts External ... Growth Charts and Breastfeeding Babies Category Pediatrics de Somatogramm nl Groeicurve ... more details
nofootnotes date April 2009 Growth investing is a investor profile style of investment strategy. Those who follow this style, known as growth investors , invest in companies that exhibit signs of above average growth, even if the share finance share price appears expensive in terms of metrics such as P E ratio price to earnings or Price to book ratio price to book ratios. In typical usage, the term growth investing contrasts with the strategy known as value investing . However, some notable investors such as Warren Buffett have stated that there is no theoretical difference between the concepts of value and growthGrowth and Value Investing are joined at the hip , in consideration of the concept of an asset s Intrinsic value finance intrinsic value . In addition, when just investing in one style of stocks, Diversification finance diversification could be negatively impacted. Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. has been called the father of growth investing . ref Investopedia. http www.investopedia.com university greatest thomasroweprice.asp The Greatest Investors Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. ref Growth at reasonable price After the bursting of the dotcom bubble, growth at any price has fallen from favour. Attaching a high price to a security in the hope of high growth may be risky, since if the growth rate fails to live up to expectations, the price of the security can plummet. It is often more fashionable now to seek out stocks with high growth rates that are trading at reasonable valuations. Growth investment vehicles There are many ways to execute a growth investment strategy. Some of these include Emerging markets Recovery shares Blue chips Internet and technology stock Smaller companies Special situations Second hand life policies See also Value investing Quality investing Philip Arthur Fisher and Kenneth L. Fisher David Dodd Warren Buffett Growth stock Magic Formula Investing References Reflist 2 External links http www.fool.com imo 2002 a020424.htm fool.com Value, Growth, and Buffett ... more details
unreferenced date July 2007 A Growth Point is a rural village or small town in Zimbabwe . The term is applied by the Zimbabwe Government for certain designated villages or small towns. Growth Points are almost always located in a communal land formerly Tribal Trust Lands or TTL s , and usually there is only one Growth Point per communal land. The Growth Point could be considered to be the capital of the communal land and the service center of the communal land. Growth Points are generally underdeveloped, and receive additional resources and incentives from Government to encourage their development to proper towns in their own right. The long term aim is to also reduce Urbanization rural urban migration . Examples of Growth Points in Zimbabwe include Magunje , Murambinda , Murombedzi , Sadza , Domboshawa and Gwengwerere Growth Point, Zimbabwe . Category Government of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe stub ... more details
A growth factor is a naturally occurring substance capable of stimulating cellular growth , ref DorlandsDict three 000038554 growth factor ref proliferation and cellular differentiation . Usually it is a protein or a steroid hormone . Growth factors are important for regulating a variety of cellular processes. Growth factors typically act as signaling molecules between cells. Examples are cytokine ... cell biology cells . They often promote cell differentiation and maturation, which varies between growth ... differentiation, while fibroblast growth factor s and vascular endothelial growth factor s stimulate blood vessel differentiation angiogenesis . Growth factors versus cytokines Growth factor is sometimes ... development and in the mature organism. While growth factor implies a positive effect on cell division ... cytokines can be growth factors, such as G CSF and GM CSF , others have an inhibitory effect on cell growth or proliferation. Some cytokines, such as Fas ligand , are used as death signals they cause target cells to undergo programmed cell death or apoptosis . Classes of growth factors Individual growth factor proteins tend to occur as members of larger families of structurally and evolution arily ... factor BDNF Epidermal growth factor EGF Erythropoietin EPO Fibroblast growth factor FGF Glial ... colony stimulating factor GM CSF Growth differentiation factor 9 GDF9 Hepatocyte growth factor HGF Hepatoma derived growth factor HDGF Insulin like growth factor IGF Migration stimulating factor Myostatin GDF 8 Nerve growth factor NGF and other neurotrophins Platelet derived growth factor PDGF Thrombopoietin TPO Transforming growth factor alpha TGF Transforming growth factor beta TGF Tumour necrosis factor alpha TNF Vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF Wnt Signaling Pathway placental growth factor PlGF Foetal Bovine Somatotrophin FBS IL 1 Cofactor for IL 3 and IL 6. Activates T cells. IL 2 T cell growth factor. Stimulates IL 1 synthesis. Activates B cells and NK cells. IL ... more details
Extensive Growth , in economics , is based on the expansion of the quantity of inputs in order to increase the quantity of outputs, opposite to that of intensive growth . Thus, extensive growth is likely to be subject to diminishing returns . It is therefore often viewed as having no effect on per capita magnitudes in the long run ref http www1.lanic.utexas.edu la cb cuba asce cuba5 FILE29.PDF The Transformation of the State Extensive Growth Model in Cuba s Sugarcane Agriculture , L zaro Pe a Castellanos and Jos Alvarez. ref . Reliance on extensive growth can be undesirable in the long run because it exhausts resources. To maintain economic growth in the long run, especially on a per capita basis, it is good for an economy to grow intensively for example, by improvements in technology or organisation, thereby increasing the production possibilities frontier of the economy. See also Economic development Intensive versus extensive growth Economic development Intensive vs. extensive growth References references DEFAULTSORT Extensive Growth Category Economics terminology fr Croissance extensive uk ... more details
Irruptive growth , sometimes called Malthusian growth , is a growth pattern defined by Overpopulation population explosions and subsequent sharp population crashes, or diebacks. It is an extension of the Malthusian growth model and can occur when populations overshoot their carrying capacity , a phenomenon typically associated with R K selection theory r strategists . Populations which exhibit irruptive growth do not stabilize around their carrying capacity, a feature of logistic function logistic growth and common to K strategists. References cite book last Revelle first Charles S coauthors Penelope Revelle title The Global Environment origdate 1992 01 01 publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers isbn 0 86720 321 8 chapter Population Ecology See also Malthusian catastrophe Category Population ecology ecology stub es Crecimiento irruptivo ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The term Growth Recession indicates economic growth so low that it creates net unemployment. The term was created by Dr. Solomon Fabricant New York University, National Bureau of Economic Research ref http www.hoisingtonmgt.com HIM2007Q3NP.pdf , Van R. Hoisington, Lacy H. Hunt, Ph.D., Hoisington Quarterly Review and Outlook Third Quarter 2007, Growth Recession ref and is recognized and cited more recently by business economist s. Note that the term also has slightly different secondary meanings including a more general one that growth is below potential. However, the more specific meaning indicates the growth is weak and insufficient to provide jobs for those entering the labor market see the Hoisington and Hunt reference . There may also be a third meaning referring to growth in which more jobs are actually being destroyed than created. In all cases the term indicates, Real GDP is expanding slowly but with job contraction, so the economy behaves or feels in many ways like a recession . A former Group Managing Director at Global Insight who is now at the Bureau of Economic Analysis uses the phrase in this quote Quote My feeling at the time 2002 2003 was we had a recession followed by a growth recession till 03. That s what I showed on those Global Insight recession growth recession charts. Mike Nemeira Chief Economist, International Council of Shopping ... full recovery then a lapse into a growth recession. There is no agreed standard for growth recession ... economics Soft landings tend to also be growth recessions but not always. If economic growth in the economy is slowing to such a point that establishment payroll growth contracts, then the soft landing is so soft it has crossed over into a Growth Recession. Both Soft Landings in the mid 1980s and 1990s .... Jobless recovery , is another similar term. All jobless recoveries are by definition also growth recessions, however not all growth recessions are jobless recoveries because a growth recession can ... more details
Merge Failure to thrive date March 2010 SignSymptom infobox Name Growth failure ICD10 ICD10 R 62 8 r 50 ICD9 ICD9 783.43 Growth failure is a medical term for a rate of a child s growth which is poorer than normal ref name urlGrowth Failure eMedicine Pediatrics General Medicine cite web url http emedicine.medscape.com article 920446 overview title Growth Failure eMedicine Pediatrics General Medicine format work accessdate 2010 03 23 ref for age, sex, stage of maturation, and genetic height expectation. Growth failure usually has an abnormal cause or causes. Many short children are growing normally and this is not referred to as growth failure. Linear growth is measured by change of recumbent length in infants until age 2 to 3 years, when a child s height can be measured standing. Growth Failure is a term used to describe failure to grow in length. Growth is a dynamic process that starts before a child is born and continues until the bones fuse after puberty. After puberty, bones continue to mature to achieve prime bone density. Growth in length per year is age dependent and may be affected by many different factors including, but not limited to hormonal abnormalities, chronic illness, and genetic abnormalities. Failure to grow should be taken seriously as it may indicate a hidden illness, a pediatrician should be consulted if a child is exhibiting slow growth outside of the ranges shown below. All ranges described are averages for the age range. In addition, to rate of growth,the position of the child on the growth chart which compares other children of the same age should be observed. It can be caused by ichthyosis . ref cite pmid 15238912 ref See also Failure to thrive Short stature Dwarfism Delayed milestone References reflist disease stub Symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism and development Category Symptoms and signs General ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Log.svg thumb A graph of logarithmic growth In mathematics , logarithmic growth describes a phenomenon whose size or cost can be described as a logarithm function of some input. e.g. y C log x . Note that any logarithm base can be used, since one can be converted to another by a fixed constant. Logarithmic growth is the inverse of exponential growth and is very slow. A familiar example of logarithmic growth is the number of digits needed to represent a number, N , in positional notation , which grows as log sub b sub N , where b is the base of the number system used, e.g. 10 for decimal arithmetic. Another example is in cryptography , where the key cryptography key size needed to protect against a brute force attack for a certain period of time grows logarithmically with the desired protection interval. In the design of computer algorithm s, logarithmic growth, and related variants, such as log linear, or linearithmic , growth are very desirable indications of efficiency. Logarithmic growth can lead to apparent paradoxes, as in the martingale roulette system martingale roulette system, where the potential winnings before bankruptcy grow as the logarithm of the gambler s bankroll. It also plays a role in the St. Petersburg paradox . In microbiology , the rapidly growing exponential growth phase of a cell culture is sometimes called logarithmic growth. During this bacterial growth phase, the number of new cells appearing are proportional to the population. See also Iterated logarithm an even slower growth model DEFAULTSORT Logarithmic Growth Category Logarithms ... more details
the adaxial side and secondary phloem cells on the inside the abaxial side . This growth increases the girth ... post.JPG thumb 180px right Secondary growth results in an increase in diameter. Obstructions, both foreign ... by continued growth. Because this growth usually ruptures the epidermis botany epidermis of the stem or roots, plants with secondary growth usually also develop a cork cambium . The cork cambium ... oak it will yield harvestable cork material cork . Secondary growth also occurs in many nonwoody ... long lived leaves also have secondary growth. ref Ewers, F.W. 1982. Secondary growth in needle ... 3B2 K ref Primary growth in roots and stems is growth in length and occurs in all vascular plants. Secondary growth occurs mainly in many dicots and gymnosperms . Monocots usually lack secondary growth. If they do have secondary growth, it differs from that described above. Anomalous secondary growth Image Monocot Stem.jpg thumb 160px right Anomalous growth in monocots, in this case, of a Roystonea regia palm. Anomalous secondary growth does not follow the pattern of a single vascular cambium producing xylem to the inside and phloem to the outside. Some dicots have anomalous secondary growth ..., V.I. 1969. Secondary growth in bougainvillea. Annals of Botany 33 807 819. http aob.oxfordjournals.org cgi content abstract 33 4 807 ref Most monocots either have no secondary growth or else anomalous secondary growth of some type. For example, Arecaceae palm trees increase their trunk diameter due to division and enlargement of parenchyma cells, which is termed diffuse secondary growth. ref ... secondary growth, a cambium forms, but it produces vascular bundles and parenchyma internally and just ... more details
primarysources date May 2007 Growth platforms are specific named initiatives selected by a business organization to fuel their revenue and earnings growth. Growth platforms may be strategic or tactical. Strategic growth platforms are longer term initiatives where the initiative and results span multiple years usually from 3 to 6 years. Generic examples of commonly selected strategic growth platforms are pursuing specific, new product areas or entry into new distribution channels. Illustrative examples would be Apple Computer s targeting of personal music systems to accelerate growth faster than it could with only its personal computer business. IBM s coining of the term e business and then its use of as the organizing theme for all that the company did in the late 1990s. Tactical growth platforms are shorter term initiatives where the initiative and the results are focused on the business s current budget year. Generic examples of commonly selected tactical growth platforms are specific new sales force programs or a new focus for the year s advertising. External links http www.growthplatforms.org GrowthPlatforms Institute Category Business terms Business term stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Immiserizing growth is a situation first proposed by Jagdish Bhagwati , in 1958, ref Bhagwati, Jagdish. 1958. Immiserizing Growth A Geometrical Note, Review of Economic Studies 25, June , pp. 201 205. ref where economic growth could result in a country being worse off than before the growth. If growth is heavily export biased it will lead to a fall in the terms of trade of the exporting country, in rare circumstances this fall in the terms of trade may be so large as to outweigh the gains from growth, this situation would cause a country to be worse off after growth than before. This result is only valid if the growing country is able to influence world prices. Harry G. Johnson had, independently, worked out conditions for this result in 1955. ref Johnson, Harry G. 1955. Economic Expansion and International Trade, Manchester School 23, pp. 95 112 ref There is a strong correlation between immiserizing growth and the export of primary goods in Developing country developing countries . Citation needed date December 2009 Most economists now regard the concept of immiserizing growth as more a theoretical point than a real world issue. ref name krugman a Cite book last Krugman first Paul R. authorlink Paul R. Krugman coauthors Maurice Obstfeld others title International Economics Theory and Policy chapter Chapter 5 The Standard Trade Model url accessdate edition 6th year 2003 publisher date location language page 103 pages doi isbn quote ref References references DEFAULTSORT Immiserizing Growth Category Macroeconomics econ stub de Verelendungswachstum th Immiserizing growth ... more details
2000 CE. Population growth is the change in a population over time, and can be quantified as the change .... In biology , the term population growth is likely to refer to any known organism , but this article ... growth is used informally for the more specific term population growth rate see below , and is often used to refer specifically to the growth of the human World population population of the world . Simple models of population growth include the Malthusian Growth Model and the logistic map logistic model . Determinants of Population growth Population growth is determined by four factors, births ... In other words, the population growth of a period can be calculated in two parts, natural growth of population B D and mechanical growth of population I E ,in which Mechanical growth of population is mainly ... economies are growing slowly even with negative growth. Population growth rate In demographics and ecology , population growth rate PGR is the Fraction mathematics fraction al rate at which the number ... at the beginning of that period. This can be written as the formula math mathrm Growth ... can be expanded to growth rate crude birth rate crude death rate net immigration rate , or P P ... of the source of population growth, whether due to natural increase or an increase in the net ... way to express population growth is as a ratio , not as a rate . The change in population over a unit ... mathrm Growth ratio mathrm Growth rate times 100 . math A positive growth ratio or rate indicates that the population is increasing, while a negative growth ratio indicates the population is decreasing. A growth ratio of zero indicates that there were the same number of people at the two times net difference between births, deaths and migration is zero. However, a growth rate may be zero ... that the population of women is decreasing. Excessive growth and decline Main articles Overpopulation ... is called overpopulation . It may be caused by growth in population or by reduction in capacity. Spikes ... more details
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