Toward a Newtonian Ecology: On Peter Turchin's Search for the Laws of Population Cycles

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:46:05 +0000

The oscillation of animal populations—the periodic abundance and disappearance of lemmings, hares, voles, and forest insects—has been observed for as long as humans have kept records of the natural world, yet it has resisted a settled scientific explanation.