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May's stability criterion: a standalone construct

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Ecology

the result that a large random community loses stability once species number, connectance and interaction strength together pass a threshold.

In ecology, May's stability criterion refers to the result that a large random community loses stability once species number, connectance and interaction strength together pass a threshold. This meaning comes from May (1972) in Nature.[1]

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References

  1. May, R. M. (1972). Will a Large Complex System be Stable? Nature, 238(5364), 413-414. https://doi.org/10.1038/238413a0

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