Nonlinear Time-Series Modeling of Vole Population Fluctuations

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-132

  Turchin, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Nonlinear dynamics; Population oscillations; Stability; Time series analysis; Vole

Indexed keywords

MURIDAE;

EID: 0001298071     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02515720     Document Type: Article

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