Can a complex ecosystem survive the loss of a large fraction of its species? A random matrix theory of secondary extinction

The Role of Evolution in Shaping Ecological Networks

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Predicting collapse of complex ecological systems: quantifying the stability–complexity continuum

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Superorganisms or loose collections of species? A unifying theory of community patterns along environmental gradients

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Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

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Complexity and stability of ecological networks: a review of the theory

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Trophic redundancy reduces vulnerability to extinction cascades

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The feasibility and stability of large complex biological networks: a random matrix approach

(2018) Lewi Stone   Scientific Reports

The feasibility of equilibria in large ecosystems: A primary but neglected concept in the complexity-stability debate

(2018) Michaël Dougoud et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Coexistence of many species in random ecosystems

(2018) Carlos A. Serván et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web

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Effects of model choice, network structure, and interaction strengths on knockout extinction models of ecological robustness

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Feasibility and coexistence of large ecological communities

(2017) Jacopo Grilli et al.   Nature Communications

More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

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Niche partitioning due to adaptive foraging reverses effects of nestedness and connectance on pollination network stability

(2016) Fernanda S. Valdovinos et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Navigating the complexity of ecological stability

(2016) Ian Donohue et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Resilience, reactivity and variability: A mathematical comparison of ecological stability measures

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Rarity in mass extinctions and the future of ecosystems

(2015) Pincelli M. Hull et al.   NATURE

The stability–complexity relationship at age 40: a random matrix perspective

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Weak Interactions and Instability Cascades

(2015) Taku Kadoya et al.   Scientific Reports

REVIEW: On the species abundance distribution in applied ecology and biodiversity management

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On the structural stability of mutualistic systems

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Secondary extinctions of biodiversity

(2014) Jedediah F. Brodie et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Secondary extinctions in food webs: a Bayesian network approach

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Stability criteria for complex ecosystems

(2012) Stefano Allesina et al.   NATURE

The Robustness and Restoration of a Network of Ecological Networks

(2012) M. J. O. Pocock et al.   SCIENCE

Species-rich ecosystems are vulnerable to cascading extinctions in an increasingly variable world

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Species loss leads to community closure

(2010) P. Lundberg et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Extinction cascades and the distribution of species interactions

(2010) Mike S. Fowler   OIKOS

Stability of Ecological Communities and the Architecture of Mutualistic and Trophic Networks

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Cascading extinctions and community collapse in model food webs

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