CHAOS AND CLOSURE TERMS IN PLANKTON FOOD-CHAIN MODELS

Authors
CASWELL H NEUBERT MG
Citation
H. Caswell et Mg. Neubert, CHAOS AND CLOSURE TERMS IN PLANKTON FOOD-CHAIN MODELS, Journal of plankton research, 20(9), 1998, pp. 1837-1845
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of plankton research → ACNP
ISSN journal
01427873
Volume
20
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1837 - 1845
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-7873(1998)20:9<1837:CACTIP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
'Closure terms' describe the mortality of top predators in plankton fo od chain models. Here we present a counter-example to the conjecture t hat non-linear closure terms eliminate limit cycles and chaos in food chain models.