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ArticleRoyal Society open science2021

New forms of structure in ecosystems revealed with the Kuramoto model.

John Vandermeer, Zachary Hajian-Forooshani, Nicholas Medina, Ivette Perfecto

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John VandermeerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 481090, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3366-4343
Zachary Hajian-ForooshaniDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 481090, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9092-4500
Nicholas MedinaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 481090, USA.
Ivette PerfectoProgram in the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 481090, USA.

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Abstract

Ecological systems, as is often noted, are complex. Equally notable is the generalization that complex systems tend to be oscillatory, whether Huygens' simple patterns of pendulum entrainment or the twisted chaotic orbits of Lorenz' convection rolls. The analytics of oscillators may thus provide insight into the structure of ecological systems. One of the most popular analytical tools for such study is the Kuramoto model of coupled oscillators. We apply this model as a stylized vision of the dynamics of a well-studied system of pests and their enemies, to ask whether its actual natural history is reflected in the dynamics of the qualitatively instantiated Kuramoto model. Emerging from the model is a series of synchrony groups generally corresponding to subnetworks of the natural system, with an overlying chimeric structure, depending on the strength of the inter-oscillator coupling. We conclude that the Kuramoto model presents a novel window through which interesting questions about the structure of ecological systems may emerge.

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PMID33959373
PMCPMC8074911

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