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Title Chaos in real data : the analysis of non-linear dynamics from short ecological time series / edited by Joe N. Perry ... [and others]
Published Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2000]
©2000

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Description xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Population and community biology ; 27
Population and community biology ; 27
Contents Machine derived contents note: Foreword; W.M. Schaffer. Preface; J.N. Perry. 1. Defining chaos for real, noisy data: local Lyapunov exponents and sensitive response to perturbations; S.P. Ellner. 2. Modelling time-series data; P. Turchin, S.P. Ellner. 3. Measles as a testbed for characterising nonlinear behaviour in ecology; B.T. Grenfell. 4. Population dynamics of small rodents in northern Fennoscandia; H. Henttonen, I. Hanski. 5. Analysis of population fluctuations in the aphid Hyperomyzus lactucae and the moth Perizoma alchemillata; I.P. Woiwod, P. Rothery, Xilong Zhou. 6. One, two and three-species time series from a host-pathogen-parasitoid systems; M. Begon, S.M. Sait, D.J. Thompson, Xilong Zhou, E.D. Bell. 7. Blowflies as a case study in non-linear population dynamics; R.H. Smith, S. Daniels, K. Simkiss, E.D. Bell, S.P. Ellner, M.B. Forrest. 8. Overview; J.N. Perry. 9. A glossary of terms used in nonlinear dynamics; D.R. Morse, J.N. Perry, R.H. Smith
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Population biology -- Mathematical models.
Time-series analysis.
Author Perry, Joe N.
LC no. 00037060
ISBN 0412796902 alkaline paper