Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Feasibility and coexistence of large ecological communities

  • Jacopo Grilli,
  • Matteo Adorisio,
  • Samir Suweis,
  • György Barabás,
  • Jayanth R. Banavar,
  • Stefano Allesina,
  • Amos Maritan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14389
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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A central question in theoretical ecology is how diverse species can coexist in communities, and how that coexistence depends on network properties. Here, Grilliet al. quantify the extent of feasible coexistence of empirical networks, showing that it is smaller for trophic than mutualism networks.