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Chaos in a Three‐Species Food Chain
Author(s) -
Hastings Alan,
Powell Thomas
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1940591
Subject(s) - chaotic , food chain , ecology , nonlinear system , chaos (operating system) , biological system , statistical physics , term (time) , chain (unit) , mathematics , biology , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , computer security , quantum mechanics , astronomy
A continuous time model of a food chain incorporating nonlinear functional (and numerical) responses exhibits chaotic dynamics in long—term behavior when biologically reasonable parameter values are chosen. The appearance of chaos in this model suggests that chaotic dynamics may be common in natural food webs.