1 Subjects: “...population growth...”

2 “...The growing population is forcing us to look for new, more effective solutions to various problems...”

3 “..., with an increasing human pressure (land use, buildings, sand mining, dredging) and increasing population. Improving...”

4 “...-makers and the public have high hopes for science communication: that it may elevate its populations...”

5 “... in this Special Issue. These papers cover several timely topics relating to classical population biology...”