Self-organization of ecosystems to exclude half of all potential invaders
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Electronic versions
DOI
Species-rich Lotka-Volterra competition models of ecosystem dynamics transition with increasing species pool size from a phase with well-defined stable equilibrium to a dynamic phase that remains incompletely understood. We analytically describe the statistical mechanics of the steady state deep inside this dynamic phase, characterized by incessant turnover in species composition, and extract the distribution of invasion fitness of random invaders. We find that steady state invasion probability universally equals 1/2. This striking result agrees well with observations in plants and animals.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Physical Review Research |
| Volume | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Jan 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |