Stability and complexity in model ecosystems (Record no. 32956)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691088617
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Original cataloging agency ICTS-TIFR
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Classification number QH541.15
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Personal name May, Robert M. (Robert McCredie)
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Title Stability and complexity in model ecosystems
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press,
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Princeton:
Date of publication, distribution, etc. [c1974]
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Pages: 265 p.
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Series statement Princeton Landmarks in Biology
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Formatted contents note 1. Introduction<br/>2. Mathematical Models and Stability<br/>3. Stability versus Complexity in Multispecies Models<br/>4. Models with Few Species: Limit Cycles and Time Delays<br/>5. Randomly Fluctuating Environments<br/>6. Niche Overlap and Limiting Similarity<br/>7. Speculations
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Summary, etc. What makes populations stabilize? What makes them fluctuate? Are populations in complex ecosystems more stable than populations in simple ecosystems? In 1973, Robert May addressed these questions in this classic book. May investigated the mathematical roots of population dynamics and argued-counter to most current biological thinking-that complex ecosystems in themselves do not lead to population stability. Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems played a key role in introducing nonlinear mathematical models and the study of deterministic chaos into ecology, a role chronicled in James Gleick’s book Chaos. In the quarter century since its first publication, the book’s message has grown in power. Nonlinear models are now at the center of ecological thinking, and current threats to biodiversity have made questions about the role of ecosystem complexity more crucial than ever. In a new introduction, the author addresses some of the changes that have swept biology and the biological world since the book’s first publication.---provided by publisher
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        ICTS Rack No 14 12/18/2023 QH541.15 02788 Book