TY - JOUR
T1 - Chaos in ecological systems
T2 - The coals that Newcastle forgot
AU - Schaffer, W. M.
AU - Kot, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledeements This u&k was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation. We thank L. F. Olsen for making his papers available to us prior to publication.
PY - 1986/9
Y1 - 1986/9
N2 - Until recently, ecologists have ignored the possibility that chaos may be an important component of ecological systems. With the development of powerful new concepts and techniques for the study and detection of chaotic systems, it is becoming apparent that chaos may be widespread in nature, and may necessitate a fundamental reappraisal of many ideas in community and population ecology.
AB - Until recently, ecologists have ignored the possibility that chaos may be an important component of ecological systems. With the development of powerful new concepts and techniques for the study and detection of chaotic systems, it is becoming apparent that chaos may be widespread in nature, and may necessitate a fundamental reappraisal of many ideas in community and population ecology.
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U2 - 10.1016/0169-5347(86)90018-2
DO - 10.1016/0169-5347(86)90018-2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0022849287
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 1
SP - 58
EP - 63
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 3
ER -