Seminar announcement: Competition, diversity and the benefits of chaos (Imperial College London)

Posted on Wed 04 July 2018 in Blog

Event

Critical transitions, stability and resilience in nature, technology and society: Innovations and Applications

Title

Competition, diversity and the benefits of chaos

Abstract

In this talk we'll explore how chaos can be the driver not only of unpredictability and disorder, but also of diversity inside an ecosystem. The analysis performed can be easily adapted and generalized to different kinds of competition systems, both inside and outside biology.

Key references

  1. Huisman J, Weissing FJ. Biodiversity of plankton by species oscillations and chaos. Nature [Internet]. 1999 Nov 25;402(6760):407–10. Available here
  2. Dakos V, Beninca E, van Nes EH, Philippart CJM, Scheffer M, Huisman J. Interannual variability in species composition explained as seasonally entrained chaos. Proc R Soc B Biol Sci. 2009 Aug 22 ;276(1669):2871–80. Available here

Spacetime coordinates

  • 12 July 2018, 9:30-17:00 (local timezone)
  • Clore Lecture Theatre. Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London. South Kensington Campus, Huxley Building, 180 Queen's Gate, Kensington, London SW7 2AZ

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