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José A Capitán1, José A Cuesta, Jordi Bascompte

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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Theoretical Ecology
  • Mathematical Biology

Background:

  • Ecosystem assembly processes are complex and influenced by various factors, including species invasions.
  • Understanding the long-term stability and predictability of ecological communities is a key challenge in ecology.
  • Existing models often lack the ability to compute all assembly pathways and final states exactly.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel toy model for ecosystem assembly that allows for the explicit mapping of all assembly pathways.
  • To analyze the dynamics of community assembly under external invasion pressures.
  • To demonstrate the existence of a unique and stable end state in ecosystem assembly.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a toy model representing ecosystem assembly.
  • Mapping of all possible assembly pathways using an assembly graph.
  • Characterization of the assembly process as a finite Markov chain.
  • Mathematical analysis to identify recurrent states and their properties.

Main Results:

  • The model successfully maps all assembly pathways, visualizing the entire phase space as an assembly graph.
  • The ecosystem assembly process is accurately modeled as a finite Markov chain.
  • A unique set of recurrent states, representing the final, invasion-resistant community state, was proven to exist.
  • The final community state was shown to be independent of the specific assembly history.

Conclusions:

  • The developed toy model provides an exact and comprehensive framework for studying ecosystem assembly.
  • The findings demonstrate that ecological communities can converge to a predictable, invasion-resistant state.
  • This model offers a valuable tool for theoretical ecology, enabling exact computation of observables and providing insights into community stability.