Estimating chaos and complex dynamics in an insect population

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 277-303

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcations in dynamic behavior; Bootstrap parameter estimates; Chaos; Chaotic; Complex dynamics; Liapunov exponents; Mathematical modeling; Nonlinear; Periodic cycles; Population dynamics; Population model parameters, estimating; Quasiperiodicity; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INSECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 0035033270     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0277:ECACDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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