Study finds chaos is more common in ecological systems than previously thought - University of California, Santa Cruz

The idea that chaos is rare in natural populations may be due to methodological and data limitations, rather than the inherent stability of ecosystems.

Chaos in natural populations appears to be much more common than previously recognized, according to a new analysis by scientists at UC Santa Cruz and NOAA Fisheries. Populations of organisms in nat… [+3072 chars]

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