Reactivity of complex communities can be more important than stability

Abstract Understanding stability—whether a community will eventually return to its original state after a perturbation—is a major focus in the study of various complex systems, particularly complex ecosystems. Here, we challenge this focus, showing that short-term dynamics can be a better predictor...

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Main Authors: Yuguang Yang, Katharine Z. Coyte, Kevin R. Foster, Aming Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42580-0