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Dynamics of a producer-freeloader ecosystem on the brink of collapse
2014
Nature Communications
Ecosystems can undergo sudden shifts to undesirable states, but recent studies with simple single species ecosystems have demonstrated that advance warning can be provided by the slowing down of population dynamics near a tipping point. However, it is not clear how this effect of critical slowing down will manifest in ecosystems with strong interactions between their components. Here we probe the dynamics of an experimental producer parasite ecosystem as it approaches a catastrophic collapse.
doi:10.1038/ncomms4713
pmid:24785661
pmcid:PMC4063714
fatcat:guziwsqnkrdrdn7qnszf6wh3dq