Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

High-order species interactions shape ecosystem diversity

  • Eyal Bairey,
  • Eric D. Kelsic,
  • Roy Kishony

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12285
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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A major challenge of theoretical ecology is explaining the stable coexistence of diverse multi-species communities. Here, the authors show that when the interactions among two species depend on the presence of other species, the diversity of the community becomes a necessity rather than an obstacle for its stability.