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Chaos in Ecology and Epidemiology

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Chaos in Biological Systems

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSA,volume 138))

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Methods of identifying chaos as the origin of irregularity in time series are applied to observations and models from ecology and epidemiology.

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  1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Program in Applied Mathematics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 84721, USA

    W. M. Schaffer

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  1. Odense University, Odense, Denmark

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  2. The University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    A. V. Holden

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Schaffer, W.M. (1987). Chaos in Ecology and Epidemiology. In: Degn, H., Holden, A.V., Olsen, L.F. (eds) Chaos in Biological Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 138. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9631-5_26

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