EcologybioRxivPreprint
Complexity-multistability relationships: How does species diversity shape the number of alternative stable states?
Gen Iwashita, Shota Shibasaki, Kenta T. Suzuki…·Masato Yamamichi
The paper develops a framework to quantify multistability in ecological communities and finds that competitive interactions increase the number of alternative stable states with higher species diversity.
DOI 10.64898/2026.07.30.741147