Eur. Phys. J. B 9, 361-364 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050776

Extremal coupled map lattices

Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany

Received: 24 August 1998
Published online: 15 May 1999

Abstract

We propose a model for co-evolving ecosystems that takes into account two levels of description of an organism, for instance genotype and phenotype. Performance at the macroscopic level forces mutations at the microscopic level. These, in turn, affect the dynamics of the macroscopic variables. In some regions of parameter space, the system self-organises into a state with localised activity and power law distributions.