On Chitty's theory for fluctuating populations: The importance of genetic polymorphism in the generation of regular density cycles
Journal of Theoretical BiologyPublished 1 May 1981
Nils Chr. Stenseth
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This work states that based on a general model, this version of Chitty's theory is concluded implausible, and the common one, at least among theoreticians.
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Chitty's theory is, in literature, interpreted in two different ways: Either that (i) regular density cycles are caused by intrinsic factors only; or that (ii) these regular cycles are caused by the interaction of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The first interpretation of Chitty's theory is the common one, at least among theoreticians; based on a general model, this version of Chitty's theory is concluded implausible.
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