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Chaos in ecology[electronic resource] :experimental nonlinear dynamics /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	577/.01/5118
書名/作者:	Chaos in ecology : experimental nonlinear dynamics // J.M. Cushing ... [et al.].
其他作者:	Cushing, J. M.
出版者:	Amsterdam ; : Boston :, c2003.
面頁冊數:	xiv, 225 p. : : ill. ;; 24 cm.
標題:	Ecology - Mathematical models.
標題:	Population biology - Mathematical models.
標題:	Chaotic behavior in systems.
標題:	Nonlinear theories.
標題:	�Ecologie - Mod�eles math�ematiques.
標題:	Biologie des populations - Mod�eles math�ematiques.
標題:	Chaos.
標題:	Th�eories non lin�eaires.
標題:	Populatiedynamica.
標題:	Wiskundige modellen.
標題:	Caos (sistemas din�amicos)
標題:	Ecologia de popula�c�oes.
標題:	Modelos matem�aticos.
ISBN:	9780121988760
ISBN:	0121988767
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193).
內容註:	Introduction. -- Models. -- Bifurcations. -- Chaos. -- Patterns in Chaos. -- What We Learned. -- Bibliography. -- Appendix.
摘要、提要註:	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. It is impossible to predict the exact behavior of almost all biological systems and yet these same systems are exemplified by patterns of complexity and regularity. Decades of research in ecology have documented that these sorts of patterns are the consequence of deceptively simple rules that determine the nature of the patterns created. In essence, simple beginnings result in complicated results. This realization is captured in the mathematical notion of "chaos" and is rendered intuitive by the oft-repeated metaphor: "A butterfly beats its wings in China and causing a thunderstorm in the Midwest." Thus, seemingly trivial initial conditions (e.g. a butterfly in China) cascade through a series of intermediate events to create a significant large-scale event (e.g. a thunderstorm). 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.
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Chaos in ecology[electronic resource] :experimental nonlinear dynamics /
Chaos in ecologyexperimental nonlinear dynamics /[electronic resource] :J.M. Cushing ... [et al.]. - Amsterdam ;Boston :c2003. - xiv, 225 p. :ill. ;24 cm. - Academic Press theoretical ecology series. - Theoretical ecology series..

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193).

Introduction. -- Models. -- Bifurcations. -- Chaos. -- Patterns in Chaos. -- What We Learned. -- Bibliography. -- Appendix.

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. It is impossible to predict the exact behavior of almost all biological systems and yet these same systems are exemplified by patterns of complexity and regularity. Decades of research in ecology have documented that these sorts of patterns are the consequence of deceptively simple rules that determine the nature of the patterns created. In essence, simple beginnings result in complicated results. This realization is captured in the mathematical notion of "chaos" and is rendered intuitive by the oft-repeated metaphor: "A butterfly beats its wings in China and causing a thunderstorm in the Midwest." Thus, seemingly trivial initial conditions (e.g. a butterfly in China) cascade through a series of intermediate events to create a significant large-scale event (e.g. a thunderstorm). 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.

Electronic reproduction.
Amsterdam :
Elsevier Science & Technology,
2007.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780121988760

Source: 90508:90508Elsevier Science & Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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336502
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LC Class. No.: QH541.15.M3 / C467 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 577/.01/5118

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