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Stability and complexity in model ecosystems.

Robert M. May
- Vol. 6, pp 1-235
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A coevolutionary predator-prey model with quantitative characters.

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Variability in population and community biomass in a grassland community affected by environmental productivity and diversity

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Recovery after mass extinction: evolutionary assembly in large-scale biosphere dynamics.

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The Influence of External Real and White Noise on the LOTKA‐VOLTERRA Model

TL;DR: In this paper, the behavior of a marginally stable predator-prey system, the LOTKA-VOLTERRA model, under the influence of parameter fluctuations is analyzed under the presence of white and real noise.