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This thesis has investigated the role of stochasticity in population systems. The central message is that despite the fact that the noise is a small, random effect, it can lead to complex, self-organised behaviours which do not emerge in a description in which the noise is absent.

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Biancalani, T. (2014). Conclusions. In: The Influence of Demographic Stochasticity on Population Dynamics. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07728-4_6

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