UID:
almafu_9959241173802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (241 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-02713-8
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9786611027131
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0-08-052887-2
Serie:
Academic Press theoretical ecology series
Inhalt:
It is impossible to predict the exact behavior of all biological systems and how these same systems are exemplified by patterns of complexity and regularity. Decades of research in ecology have documented how these sorts of patterns are the consequences of deceptively simple rules that determine the nature of the patterns created. Chaos in Ecology will explain how simple beginnings result in complicated results.Chaos in Ecology is the inaugural volume of Theoretical Ecology Series. The authors of this volume have employed data from a proven model system in population dyn
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Chaos in Ecology: Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 What Is Chaos?; 1.2 Bifurcations and Chaos; 1.3 The Hunt for Chaos; 1.4 Mathematical Models and Data; Chapter 2. Models; 2.1 The Deterministic LPA Model; 2.2 The Flour Beetle; 2.3 Dynamics of the LPA Model; 2.4 A Stochastic LPA Model; 2.5 Parameter Estimation; 2.6 Model Validation; 2.7 Predicted Dynamics; 2.8 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 3. Bifurcations; 3.1 A Bifurcation Experiment; 3.2 The Experimental Results; 3.3 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 4. Chaos
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4.1 A Route-to-Chaos4.2 Demographic Variability; 4.3 Analysis of the Experiment; 4.4 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 5. Patterns in Chaos; 5.1 Sensitivity to Initial Conditions; 5.2 Temporal Patterns; 5.3 Lattice Effects; 5.4 Concluding Remarks; Chapter 6. What We Learned; Bibliography; Appendix; A The Desharnais Experiment; B The Bifurcation Experiment; C The Chaos Experiment; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-12-198876-7
Sprache:
Englisch
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