Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Dispersal-induced instability in complex ecosystems

  • Joseph W. Baron,
  • Tobias Galla

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19824-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Whether or not diversity begets stability in ecological networks could depend on the spatial dispersal dynamics of species. Here the authors use mathematical models based on Turing pattern formation to show that trophic interactions combined with dispersal can destabilize complex ecosystems.