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This chapter provides a brief overview of computational tools based upon modern dynamical systems theory that help ecologists (and other scientists) with the analysis of models and time series data. Little more is intended than to give pointers to more extensive and detailed accounts of the methods described. The subject of dynamical systems theory, nonlinear dynamics, or chaos theory is a large edifice; there is no way that a few pages can suffice to give a reasonable survey of its contents.
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Guckenheimer, J. (1995). Dynamical Systems Theory for Ecologists: A Brief Overview. In: Powell, T.M., Steele, J.H. (eds) Ecological Time Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1769-6_6
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