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Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems

Robert M. May
Publisher: 
Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 
2001
Number of Pages: 
292
Format: 
Paperback
Series: 
Princeton Landmarks in Biology
Price: 
39.50
ISBN: 
978-0691088617
Category: 
Monograph
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Preface vii
Preface to the Second Edition
Biology Edition
1. Intoduction 3
2. Mathematical Models and Stability 13
3. Stability versus Complexity in Multispecies Models
4. Models with Few Species: Limit Cycles and Time Delays 79
5. Randomly Fluctuating Environments 109
6. Niche Overlap and Limiting Similarity 139
7. Speculations 172
Appendices 187
Afterthoughts for the Second Edition 211
Bibliography to Afterthoghts 234
Bibliography 241
Author Index 259
Subject Index 263