Chaotic dynamics in an insect population

Science

Volumn 275, Issue 5298, 1997, Pages 389-391

  Costantino, R F ^a   Desharnais, R A ^b   Cushing, J M ^c   Dennis, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DYNAMICS; INSECT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHAOS; DEMOGRAPHIC MODEL; FLOUR BEETLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 0030620649     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5298.389     Document Type: Article

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18. Supported in part by NSF grants DMS-9306271, DMS-9319073, DMS-9625576, and DMS-9616205.