Analyzing and modeling real-world phenomena with complex networks: a survey of applications

LF Costa, ON Oliveira Jr, G Travieso… - Advances in …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The success of new scientific areas can be assessed by their potential in contributing to new
theoretical approaches and in applications to real-world problems. Complex networks have …

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

S Allesina, S Tang - Population Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Since the work of Robert May in 1972, the local asymptotic stability of large ecological
systems has been a focus of theoretical ecology. Here we review May's work in the light of …

High-order species interactions shape ecosystem diversity

E Bairey, ED Kelsic, R Kishony - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Classical theory shows that large communities are destabilized by random interactions
among species pairs, creating an upper bound on ecosystem diversity. However, species …

Ecology for bankers

RM May, SA Levin, G Sugihara - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
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[LIVRE][B] Theoretical ecology: principles and applications

R May, AR McLean - 2007 - books.google.com
Robert May's seminal book has played a central role in the development of ecological
science. Originally published in 1976, this influential text has overseen the transition of …

Generalized models reveal stabilizing factors in food webs

T Gross, L Rudolf, SA Levin, U Dieckmann - Science, 2009 - science.org
Insights into what stabilizes natural food webs have always been limited by a fundamental
dilemma: Studies either need to make unwarranted simplifying assumptions, which …

Macroevolution and macroecology through deep time

NJ Butterfield - Palaeontology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The fossil record documents two mutually exclusive macroevolutionary modes separated by
the transitional Ediacaran Period. Despite the early appearance of crown eukaryotes and an …

Stock network stability in times of crisis

RH Heiberger - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite many efforts crises on financial markets are in large part still scientific black-boxes.
In this paper, we use a winner-take-all approach to construct a longitudinal network of S&P …

Emergent stability in complex network dynamics

C Meena, C Hens, S Acharyya, S Haber, S Boccaletti… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
The stable functionality of networked systems is a hallmark of their natural ability to
coordinate between their multiple interacting components. Yet, real-world networks often …

Ecological persistence, incumbency and reorganization in the Karoo Basin during the Permian-Triassic transition

PD Roopnarine, KD Angielczyk, A Weik… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The geological persistence of biotic assemblages and their reorganization or destruction by
mass extinctions are key features of long-term macroevolutionary and macroecological …