Stability and complexity in model ecosystems /

Stability and complexity in model ecosystems /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	May, Robert M. (Robert McCredie), 1936-
Edition:	1st Princeton landmarks in biology ed.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Description:	xxxiv, 265 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Princeton landmarks in biology
Subject:	Ecology -- Mathematical models. Animal populations -- Mathematical models. Stability. Animal populations -- Mathematical models. Ecology -- Mathematical models. Stability.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5622347

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Varying Form of Title:	Model ecosystems
ISBN:	0691088616 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1973. With new introduction. Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 241-258) and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Preface to the Second Edition Biology Edition
1. Intoduction
2. Mathematical Models and Stability
3. Stability versus Complexity in Multispecies Models
4. Models with Few Species: Limit Cycles and Time Delays
5. Randomly Fluctuating Environments
6. Niche Overlap and Limiting Similarity
7. Speculations
Appendices
Afterthoughts for the Second Edition
Bibliography to Afterthoghts
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index