Chaos in Ecology
Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics
- J. M. Cushing
- Robert Costantino, University of Arizona
- Brian Dennis, University of Idaho
- Robert Desharnais, California State University, Los Angeles
- Shandelle Henson, College of William and Mary
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 dynamics. As a result, this book will be of interest to anyone interested in the ecology of populations.
Ecologists, biologists, paleontologists and graduate students interested in ecology.