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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458697103321

Titolo

Chaos in ecology [[electronic resource] ] : experimental nonlinear dynamics / / J.M. Cushing ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Boston, : Academic Press, c2003

ISBN

1-281-02713-8

9786611027131

0-08-052887-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Academic Press theoretical ecology series

Altri autori (Persone)

CushingJ. M <1942-> (Jim Michael)

Disciplina

577/.01/5118

Soggetti

Ecology - Mathematical models

Population biology - Mathematical models

Chaotic behavior in systems

Nonlinear theories

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193).

Nota di contenuto

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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

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Record Nr.

UNISA996386287203316

Autore

Sherlock William <1641?-1707.>

Titolo

A vindication of some Protestant principles of church-unity and Catholick-communion from the charge of agreement with the Church of Rome [[electronic resource] ] : in answer to a late pamphlet intituled An agreement between the Church of England and the Church of Rome, evinced from the concertation of some of her sons with their brethren the dissenters / / by William Sherlock .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for William Rogers ..., 1688

Edizione

[The second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

[6], 113 p

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0167