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¹Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan IL52900, Israel.

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Understanding biodiversity requires studying stable, uninvadable (SU) species subsets. This research shows the number of possible SU subsets grows subexponentially with species richness, challenging previous ecological theories.

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Mathematical Biology

Background:

High-diversity species assemblages are common, yet biodiversity maintenance factors are unclear.
Competitive exclusion and complexity-diversity puzzles suggest limited species support in communities.
Stable and uninvadable (SU) species subsets are crucial for biodiversity in local patches.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine the number of possible stable and uninvadable (SU) species subsets a community can support.
To analyze how the number of SU subsets scales with regional species richness (N).
To investigate the dynamics of community relaxation to an SU state under noisy conditions.

Main Methods:

Mapping the problem of SU subset enumeration to finding maximal cliques in a graph.
Solving for the number of SU subsets as a function of regional species richness (N).
Examining the relaxation time to an SU state in both symmetric and asymmetric systems.

Main Results:

The number of possible SU subsets grows subexponentially with regional species richness (N).
This subexponential growth contradicts long-standing ecological assumptions.
Relaxation time to an SU state is rapid in symmetric systems but grows rapidly with N in asymmetric systems.

Conclusions:

The number of stable species subsets is more scalable with regional diversity than previously thought.
Asymmetric interactions significantly impact community stability and recovery time.
The findings suggest excitable dynamics under noise in ecological communities.