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ArticlePhysical review. E2023

Geometry of ecological coexistence and niche differentiation.

Emmy Blumenthal, Pankaj Mehta

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Article in Physical review. E, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A theory of ecological invasions and its implications for eco-evolutionary dynamics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Emmy BlumenthalDepartment of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Pankaj MehtaDepartment of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

Funding

MODELING EMERGENT BEHAVIORS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: A BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS APPROACHR35GM119461 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI Pankaj Mehta · 2016 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A fundamental problem in ecology is to understand how competition shapes biodiversity and species coexistence. Historically, one important approach for addressing this question has been to analyze consumer resource models using geometric arguments. This has led to broadly applicable principles such as Tilman's R^{*} and species coexistence cones. Here, we extend these arguments by constructing a geometric framework for understanding species coexistence based on convex polytopes in the space of consumer preferences. We show how the geometry of consumer preferences can be used to predict species which may coexist and enumerate ecologically stable steady states and transitions between them. Collectively, these results provide a framework for understanding the role of species traits within niche theory.

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PMID37978666
PMCPMC11703564

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