How collectively integrated are ecological communities?
Y. Zelnik, N. Galiana, M. Barbier, M. Loreau, E. Galbraith, J.-F. Arnoldi
The paper investigates whether ecological community dynamics depend more on direct species interactions or indirect feedbacks, showing that the spectral radius of the interaction matrix determines the contribution of indirect pathways.
bioRxiv · Dec 29, 2022Ecology