EcologyJournal of BiosciencesPeer-reviewed
Cooperation Destabilizes Communities, but Competition Pays the Price
Ananda Shikhara Bhat, Suryadeepto Nag, Sutirth Dey
The paper studies how external perturbations affect ecological communities, finding that cooperative interactions increase extinction risk but leave some species intact, leading to a community with more cooperation.
DOI 10.1007/s12038-025-00574-8