Chaos and evolution

Ferriere, R. & Fox, G. (1995). Chaos and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)89194-6.

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Abstract

There is growing interest in applying nonlinear methods to evolutionary biology. With good reason: the living world is full of nonlinearities, responsible for steady states, regular oscillations, and chaos in biological systems. Evolutionists may find nonlinear dynamics important in studying short-term dynamics of changes in genotype frequency, and in understanding selection and its constraints. More speculatively, dynamical systems theory may be important because nonlinear fluctuations in some traits may sometimes be favored by selection, and because some long-run patterns of evolutionary change could be described using these methods.

Item Type:	Article
Research Programs:	Adaptive Dynamics Network (ADN)
Bibliographic Reference:	Trends in Ecology & Evolution; 10(12):480-485 (December 1995)
Depositing User:	IIASA Import
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2016 02:05
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 17:35
URI:	https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/4225

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