Structural perturbations to population skeletons: transient dynamics, coexistence of attractors and the rarity of chaos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Simple models of insect populations with non-overlapping generations have been instrumental in understanding the mechanisms behind population cycles, including wild (chaotic) fluctuations. The presence of deterministic chaos in natural populations, however, has never been unequivocally accepted. Recently, it has been proposed that the application of chaos control theory can be useful in unravelling the complexity observed in real population data. This approach is based on structural perturbations to simple population models (population skeletons). The mechanism behind such perturbations to control chaotic dynamics thus far is model dependent and constant (in size and direction) through time. In addition, the outcome of such structurally perturbed models is [almost] alway

SUBMITTER: Singh BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3176270 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature