Regime shifts and hysteresis in the pitcher-plant microecosystem
M. K. Lau, B. Baiser, A. Northrop, N. J. Gotelli, A. M. Ellison
The paper develops a model of the pitcher-plant microecosystem to study regime shifts and hysteresis, finding that prey decomposition rate drives system dynamics and recovery.
bioRxiv · Apr 24, 2018Ecology