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Species lifetime distribution for simple models of ecologies
S. Pigolotti, A. Flammini, M. Marsili +1
Interpretation of empirical results based on a taxa's lifetime distribution shows apparently conflicting results. Species' lifetime is reported to be exponentially distributed, whe…
Spatial Scaling in Model Plant Communities
Tommaso Zillio, Igor Volkov, Jayanth R. Banavar +2
We present an analytically tractable variant of the voter model that provides a quantitatively accurate description of beta-diversity (two-point correlation function) in two tropic…
Neutral Theory and Relative Species Abundance in Ecology
Igor Volkov, Jayanth R. Banavar, Stephen P. Hubbell +1
The theory of island biogeography[1] asserts that an island or a local community approaches an equilibrium species richness as a result of the interplay between the immigration of…
Organization of Ecosystems in the Vicinity of a Novel Phase Transition
Igor Volkov, Jayanth R. Banavar, Amos Maritan
It is shown that an ecosystem in equilibrium is generally organized in a state which is poised in the vicinity of a novel phase transition.