The Complexity–Stability Debate, Chemical Organization Theory, and the Identification of Non-classical Structures in Ecology
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DOI: 10.1007/s10699-019-09639-y
Abstract: We present a novel approach to represent ecological systems using reaction networks, and show how a particular framework called chemical organization theory (COT) sheds new light on the longstanding complexity–stability debate. Namely, COT provides a… read more here.
Keywords: stability; complexity stability; stability debate; ecology ... See more keywords
Network Complexity and Stability of Microbes Enhanced by Microplastic Diversity.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c08704
Abstract: Microplastic mixtures are ubiquitously distributed in global ecosystems and include varying types. However, it remains unknown how microplastic diversity affects the biotic interactions of microbes. Here, we developed novel experiments of 600 microcosms with microplastic… read more here.
Keywords: network; complexity stability; diversity; microplastic diversity ... See more keywords
Correlation with viruses enhances network complexity and stability of co-occurrence prokaryotes across the oceans
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DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00539-25
Abstract: ABSTRACT Viruses play critical roles in shaping microbial distribution, organization, and ecological functions. However, the mechanisms behind the association and structuring of microbiomes with viruses still remain largely unknown. To understand how viruses affect the… read more here.
Keywords: stability; network complexity; marine; complexity stability ... See more keywords
Evolution of foraging behaviour induces variable complexity-stability relationships in mutualist-exploiter-predator communities
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013245
Abstract: Early ecological theory predicts that complex ecological networks are unstable and are unlikely to persist, despite many empirical studies of such complexity in nature. This inconsistency has fascinated ecologists for decades. To resolve the complexity-stability… read more here.
Keywords: evolution foraging; predator; stability; mutualist exploiter ... See more keywords
Grazing lowers soil multifunctionality but boosts soil microbial network complexity and stability in a subtropical grassland of China
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1027097
Abstract: Introduction Long-term grazing profoundly affects grassland ecosystems, whereas how the soil microbiome and multiple soil ecosystem functions alter in response to two-decades of grazing, especially how soil microbiome (diversity, composition, network complexity, and stability) forms… read more here.
Keywords: network; multifunctionality; complexity stability; stability ... See more keywords