Stability and complexity in ecological systems
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Stability and complexity in ecological systems
zbMATH Open document ID: 0943.92033
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(98)00112-X
author: Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay
author: Vikas Rai
author: Satteluri R. K. Iyengar
published in: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals
publication date: 2000-08-22T00:00:00Z
review text: The paper attempts to answer an outstanding question in theoretical ecology whether structural complexity is essential for dynamical complexity to exist. Advances in dynamical systems theory and their application to ecosystem analysis has enabled us to have a better grasp of the concept of dynamical complexity. Our basin boundary calculations indicate that structural complexity is not necessary for dynamical complexity to exist. Very simple ecosystems can display dynamical behaviour which is unpredictable in certain situations. In certain cases, when riddled basins are found, even qualitative predictability is denied.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92D40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 37N25
zbMATH DE Number: 1492261
zbMATH Keywords: dynamical system approach
zbMATH Keywords: statistical-mechanical approach
zbMATH Keywords: dynamical complexity
zbMATH Keywords: structural complexity
describes a project that uses: Dynamics
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Chaos: An Ecological Reality?
cites work: Q4070658
cites work: RIDDLED BASINS
cites work: Fractal basin boundaries
cites work: Q3135098
full work available at URL: s0960-0779(98)00112-x
OpenAlex ID: W2084061248
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1492261