The phrase "actual populations" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the real or existing populations of a particular species, group, or demographic in a specific context.
Example: "The study focused on the actual populations of endangered species in the region to assess conservation efforts."
Alternatives: "real populations" or "existing populations".
It seems, rather, that the only way we can know what constitutes fitness, as a general matter, is by operationalizing the definition of fitness, that is, by looking at what actually survives in actual populations.
Some Labour MPs have also expressed concern that the boundaries are based on registered voter numbers, not actual populations.
He said it was very hard to survey actual populations of the bird, so they relied on a habitat model, which identified areas that have a climate and ecosystem that seems like the bird's favoured habitat.
To systematically review the observational evidence concerning the effect of screening on breast cancer mortality in actual populations of women ages 50 69 years.
Population geneticists pursue their goals by developing abstract mathematical models of gene frequency dynamics, trying to extract conclusions from those models about the likely patterns of genetic variation in actual populations, and testing the conclusions against empirical data.
Advances in molecular biology have produced an enormous supply of data on the genetic variability of actual populations, which has enabled a link to be forged between abstract population-genetic models and empirical data.
The concept of actual difference making applies in the context of an actual population containing entities that actually differ with respect to some property.
The actual population numbers suggest that electing a Shiite theocracy should be impossible.
While the number was only 17, that figure is only a fraction of the actual population, he said.
Karen Buck, the Labour MP for Kensington North, commissioned research showing the number of electors in her constituency is 39% less than the actual population, a pattern reflected elsewhere.
It is to receive all the inflated new powers of the London boroughs of from 200,000 to 300,000 inhabitants though its actual population is only around 4,000.
