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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: J. M. Cushing , Robert F. Costantino (University of Arizona) , Brian Dennis (University of Idaho) , Robert Desharnais (California State University, Los Angeles)Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Academic Press Inc Volume: v. 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.470kg ISBN: 9780121988760ISBN 10: 0121988767 Pages: 225 Publication Date: 11 December 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Models Bifurcations Chaos Patterns in Chaos What We LearnedReviewsThe authors have made very circumspect model verifications...The greatest merit of the book is that it confirms experimentally the existence of numerous nonlinear phenomena in populations and presents a new characteristic of populations, that is, the lattice effect. The book is written in an excellent style with high mathematical precision. This work is warmly recommended to all theoretical and field ecologists, and all scientists interested in nonlinear dynamics. -COMMUNITY ECOLOGY (2005) ...rich in statistical concepts and methods. Anyone interested in the dynamics of populations will benefit from reading this book. -ECOLOGY (2003) In a very real sense, Cushing et al. have done for ecology what Newton did for physics. They have demonstrated that the observed, very complex behavior of biological populations can, at least in principle, be derived and predicted from a knowledge of the operant biological mechanisms expressed in simple mathematical models. ...Chaos in Ecology is a road-map for making ecology into a genuinely predictive science. -Aaron A. King, University of Tennessee (2002) This is the definitive source on chaos in ecology. Well-written and authoritative. -Simon Levin, Princeton University (2002) Chaos in Ecology ought to be read by both field and theoretical ecologists. -COMPLEX SYSTEMS LAB, BARCELONA SPAIN Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |