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Because a large number of theoretical models suggest chaos in populations, field biologists have been trying for decades to confirm the existence of chaos in nature. In spite of their efforts, chaotically evolving populations have been found in extremely low numbers. In this article we consider a metapopulation model which was built up by the interaction of local populations. Local populations interact...