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Dynamics of Complex Ecologies

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Modelling the Dynamics of Biological Systems

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In this chapter I address the problems of analysing real ecosystems using artificial complex ecologies. These artificial ecologies are biological models which are explicitly designed to capture the spatio-temporal dynamics of multiple forms of interaction and their evolution. I first examine general aspects of evolutionary dynamics and discuss the concept of evolutionarily stable attractors. I then go on to discuss the inclusion of space explicitly in continuum models and individual-based models. In particular I examine the possibility of data analysis and reconstruction techniques for ecology given that the dynamics of many complex ecologies are the result of a low-dimensional dynamical system.

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  1. Physics Department, Technical University of Denmark, Building 309, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark

    Erik Mosekilde

  2. Department of Physical Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Building 206, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark

    Ole G. Mouritsen

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McGlade, J.M. (1995). Dynamics of Complex Ecologies. In: Mosekilde, E., Mouritsen, O.G. (eds) Modelling the Dynamics of Biological Systems. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 65. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79290-8_13

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