Does mutualism hinder biodiversity?
Abstract
A recent paper by James et al. finds that mutualistic interactions decrease the biodiversity of model ecosystems. However, this result can be reverted if we consider ecological trade-offs and choose parameters suitable for sparse mutualistic networks instead of fully connected networks.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- September 2014
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1409.1683
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1409.1683
- Bibcode:
- 2014arXiv1409.1683P
- Keywords:
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- Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution
- E-Print:
- Submitted on October 2012 as a Brief Communication Arising from James et al. Nature 487, 227-230 (2012)