Chaotic population dynamics can result from natural selection.

doi:10.1098/rspb.1993.0005

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Chaotic population dynamics can result from natural selection.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Jan 1993

Ferrière R, Gatto M

Abstract excerpt

The question of whether animal populations display chaotic dynamics has motivated a thriving body of research for two decades. Yet unambiguous evidence for chaos in the wild remains scarce. Accordingly, it has been proposed that evolutionary forces act to preserve populations from chaos as well a...

Topics

Aging
Alleles
Animals
Biological Evolution
Demography
Homozygote
Mathematics
Models, Biological
Population Dynamics
Selection, Genetic

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