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Age Structure causes Population Momentum. Activate to inspect this relation.Age Structure influences Dependency Ratio. Activate to inspect this relation.Age Structure is part of Population Pyramid. Activate to inspect this relation.Carrying capacity constrains Population growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Cohort is part of Age Structure. Activate to inspect this relation.Demographic transition explains Fertility rate. Activate to inspect this relation.Demographic transition explains Mortality Rate. Activate to inspect this relation.Demographic transition influences Age Structure. Activate to inspect this relation.Demographic transition explains Population growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Fertility rate influences Age Structure. Activate to inspect this relation.Fertility rate influences Natural Increase. Activate to inspect this relation.Fertility rate influences Demographic transition. Activate to inspect this relation.Human migration influences Demographic transition. Activate to inspect this relation.Logistic growth depends on Carrying capacity. Activate to inspect this relation.Migration is part of Population growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Mortality Rate influences Life Expectancy. Activate to inspect this relation.Mortality Rate influences Natural Increase. Activate to inspect this relation.Mortality Rate models Loss Distribution. Activate to inspect this relation.Mortality Rate is part of Life Table. Activate to inspect this relation.Natural selection influences Population growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Natural Increase is part of Population growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Population growth applies to Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Population growth influences Food web. Activate to inspect this relation.Population age structure is part of Demographic transition. Activate to inspect this relation.Population Pyramid measures Age Structure. Activate to inspect this relation.Predation influences Population growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Population MomentumAge StructureDependency RatioPopulation PyramidCohortDemographic transitionFertility rateMortality RatePopulation growthHuman migrationPopulation age structureNatural IncreaseLife ExpectancyLoss DistributionLife TableExponential growthFood webCarrying capacityNatural selectionPredationMigrationLogistic growth
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Population Momentum

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At a glance

Population momentum is the tendency of a population to keep growing after fertility falls to replacement level, owing to its young age structure.

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Demography
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  • Ecological footprint1
    Ecological Economics · connects to Carrying capacity
  • Ecosystem1
    Biology, Ecology · connects to Carrying capacity
  • Exponential growth1
    Algebra, Biology, Economics, Finance, Mathematics · connects to Population growth
  • Food web1
    Agriculture, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Systems Biology · connects to Population growth
  • Globalization1
    Human Geography · connects to Migration

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  • This view connects 16 disciplines: Actuarial Science, Agriculture, Algebra, Biology, Demography, Ecological Economics, Ecology, Economics, Environmental Science, Evolutionary Biology, Finance, Geography, Human Geography, Mathematics, Sociology, Systems Biology.
  • Carrying capacity is a bridge concept — viewed here through Biology, Demography, Ecological Economics, Ecology.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Compounding explains 2 concepts in this view (Algebra, Biology, Demography, Ecology, Economics, Evolutionary Biology, Finance, Mathematics, Sociology).

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