<< Ecological theory has demonstrated that when direct, pairwise interactions among a group of species are too numerous, or too strong, then the coexistence of these species will be unstable to any slight perturbation. >>
Stacey Butler & James P. O’Dwyer.
Stability criteria for complex microbial communities. Nature Communications Volume 9, Article number: 2970 (2018)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05308-z
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/293605v2
<< Pairs of organisms that live off each other sometimes do so well in the mathematical simulations - thriving exponentially in extreme cases, in what Robert May, the theoretical ecology pioneer, once called "an orgy of mutual benefaction" — that everything else can go extinct. >>
AA << explored more precisely how the give-and-take in mutualism affects ecosystem stability and how, under the right conditions, it might contribute to it. >>
Veronique Greenwood. How Nature Defies Math in Keeping Ecosystems Stable. Sep 26, 2018.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-nature-defies-math-in-keeping-ecosystems-stable-20180926/
https://twitter.com/QuantaMagazine/status/1099390696455323651
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