Sub-population

Japanese: sub-population(英語表記)subpopulation
Sub-population

...Conceptually, we can recognize several regional populations that show continuous or discontinuous physiological and ecological characteristics as the geographical distribution of each biological species expands, and subspecies populations that have already progressed to the point of being considered subspecies, and we can even imagine a species population that includes all of these. In fisheries science, regional populations that show physiological and ecological differences are often called subpopulations. In the case of humans, the word population is usually used rather than population, and in this case it mainly refers to the number of individuals.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "sub-population" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…概念的には,それぞれの生物種の地理的分布の広がりにつれて連続または不連続的な生理・生態的特性を示すいくつかの地域個体群や,すでに亜種とされるほどの種分化の進んでいる亜種個体群などを認めることができるし,さらにはそれらを包含した種個体群というものを想定することもできる。水産学では生理・生態的な違いの認められる地域個体群のことを,系群sub‐populationと呼ぶことが多い。人間の場合は個体群というより人口という語が使われるのが普通で,この場合には主として個体数を意味する。…

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