Chaos in Ecology: Is Mother Nature a Strange Attractor?

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Abstract

We review the role of chaos and the study of chaos in ecology. We use sensitive dependence on initial conditions as the best heuristic definition of chaos. This definition forms the common theme for our review of approaches for demonstrating the importance of chaos in ecology. We emphasize that this

Topics & Keywords

Ecosystem dynamics and resilience Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volume 24, Issue 1, pp. 1-33

DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.24.110193.000245

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