Chaos to order: Preliminary experiments with a population dynamics models of three trophic levels

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Chattopadhyay, J ^a   Sarkar, R R ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chaos; Order; Toxin; Tri trophic food chain

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD CHAIN; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOXIN; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0037405962     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00381-2     Document Type: Article

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