2 papers
q-bio.PE2026
Towards a unified framework for multiple stable states in ecological systems
Jennifer Paige, Denis D. Patterson, Alan Hastings
Multiple stable states - the coexistence of two or more distinct ecological configurations under identical environmental conditions - have attracted sustained interest in ecology,…
q-bio.PE2026
Tipping points in complex ecological systems
Alan Hastings, Sergei Petrovskii, Valerio Lucarini +1
Tipping points are one of the hot topics in modern physics of complex systems. But what is a tipping point? A generic definition declares it as ``a state of the system where a smal…