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Data used to demonstrate and test nonlinear dynamics

Usage

data(hare_lynx)

Details

records of pelts for Canada Lynx and their prey snowshoe hare from Hudson Bay 1900-1920, extracted from Gotelli (2008 Fig. 6.16) and originating elsewhere (Elton & Nicholson, 1942; MacLulich, 1937)

References

Gotelli, N. J. (2008). A Primer of Ecology, Fourth Edition by Nicholas J. Gotelli. Sinauer Associates, 2008.

Elton, C., & Nicholson, M. (1942). The Ten-Year Cycle in Numbers of the Lynx in Canada. Journal of Animal Ecology, 11(2), 215-244. doi:10.2307/1358

MacLulich, D. A. (1937). Fluctuations in the Numbers of the Varying Hare (Lepus Americanus). University of Toronto Press. doi:10.3138/9781487583064