Alternative cliques of coexisting species in complex ecosystems
Guim Aguadé-Gorgorió,
Sonia Kéfi
Abstract:The possibility that some ecosystems can exist in alternative stable states has profound
implications for ecosystem conservation and restoration. Current ecological theory on
multistability mostly relies on few-species dynamical models, in which alternative states
are intrinsically related to specific non-linear dynamics. Recent theoretical advances,
however, have shown that multiple stable ‘cliques’ – small subsets of coexisting species–
can be present in species-rich m… Show more
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