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Effects of phylogeny on coexistence in model communities
Carlos A. Servan, Jose A. Capitan, Zachary R. Miller +1
Species' interactions are shaped by their traits. Thus, we expect traits -- in particular, trait (dis)similarity -- to play a central role in determining whether a particular set o…
The effect of population abundances on the stability of large random ecosystems
Theo Gibbs, Jacopo Grilli, Tim Rogers +1
Random matrix theory successfully connects the structure of interactions of large ecological communities to their ability to respond to perturbations. One of the most debated aspec…
The geometry of coexistence in large ecosystems
Jacopo Grilli, Matteo Adorisio, Samir Suweis +4
The role of species interactions in controlling the interplay between the stability of an ecosystem and its biodiversity is still not well understood. The ability of ecological com…
Superelliptical laws for complex networks
Stefano Allesina, Elizabeth Sander, Matthew J. Smith +1
All dynamical systems of biological interest--be they food webs, regulation of genes, or contacts between healthy and infectious individuals--have complex network structure. Wigner…
Measuring Nepotism Through Shared Last Names: Response to Ferlazzo and Sdoia
Stefano Allesina
In a recent article, I showed that in several academic disciplines in Italy, professors display a paucity of last names that cannot be explained by unbiased, random, hiring process…
Stability Criteria for Complex Ecosystems
Stefano Allesina, Si Tang
Forty years ago, Robert May questioned a central belief in ecology by proving that sufficiently large or complex ecological networks have probability of persisting close to zero. T…