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. 2015 Mar 31;112(13):3856-7.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1503154112. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

Equation-free modeling unravels the behavior of complex ecological systems

Donald L DeAngelis  1 , Simeon Yurek  2
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Equation-free modeling unravels the behavior of complex ecological systems

Donald L DeAngelis et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Two-species competition model of Sugihara et al. (10) showing two populations going in and out of mirage correlations at different periods of the simulation.
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