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Stability is woven by complex webs

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  • Gary A. Polis

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Most ecological systems are highly complex. But the issue of whether greater complexity means greater stability, or otherwise, has been long debated. New mathematical modelling now seems to bring theory closer into line with what one would intuitively imagine to be the case — that complexity tends to stabilize an ecosystem by, for instance, dampening population fluctuations.

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  • Gary A. Polis, 1998. "Stability is woven by complex webs," Nature, Nature, vol. 395(6704), pages 744-745, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:395:y:1998:i:6704:d:10.1038_27323
    DOI: 10.1038/27323
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    1. Xiang, L.Y. & Liu, Z.X. & Chen, Z.Q. & Chen, F. & Yuan, Z.Z., 2007. "Pinning control of complex dynamical networks with general topology," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 379(1), pages 298-306.
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    4. van der Heide, C. Martijn & van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. & van Ierland, Ekko C., 2005. "Extending Weitzman's economic ranking of biodiversity protection: combining ecological and genetic considerations," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 55(2), pages 218-223, November.
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