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Will a Large Complex System be Stable?
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“Due to these stability constraints, we can predict that some communities are impossible to observe (cannot be realized).”
From Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems (2024) · cites this paper as [296]
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“the stability properties of these networks largely determine the separation between what is possible and what is not [295,296]”
From Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems (2024) · cites this paper as [296]
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Perspectives in Ecological Theory.
Greig-Smith, P. W., & Margalef, R. (1971) · Journal of Ecology · doi:10.2307/2258471 · Cited by 1,764
Connectance of Large Dynamic (Cybernetic) Systems: Critical Values for Stability
GARDNER, M. R., & ASHBY, W. R. (1970) · Nature · doi:10.1038/228784a0 · Cited by 759
Stability in multispecies community models
May, R. M. (1971) · Mathematical Biosciences · doi:10.1016/0025-5564(71)90074-5 · Cited by 254
Self-citationPerturbation Theory of Microwave Interaction with Gyroelectric Plasmas
Nagelberg, E. R. (1965) · Journal of Mathematical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.1704262 · Cited by 3
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- Wigner, E. P., Proc. Fourth Canad. Math. Cong., Toronto, 174 (1959).
- Mehta, M. L., Random Matrices, 12 (Academic Press, New York, 1967).
- Margalef, R., Perspectives in Ecological Theory, 7 (University of Chicago, 1968).
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A Food Web Model of the Serengeti: Stability, Dynamics and Indirect Effects
Clarke, D., Hopcraft, J. G. C., & Haydon, D. T. (2026) · African Journal of Ecology · doi:10.1111/aje.70115
Metadata
- Authors
- MAY, R. M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- MAY, ROBERT M.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1972-08
- Volume
- 238
- Issue
- 5364
- Pages
- 413-414
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2049546703
- Cited by
- 2,869
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 149 · 2025: 175 · 2024: 191 · 2023: 172 · 2022: 206 · 2021: 152 · 2020: 162 · 2019: 131 · 2018: 132 · 2017: 123 · 2016: 114 · 2015: 104 · 2014: 89 · 2013: 87 · 2012: 66
- FWCI
- 12.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Complex Systems and Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Keywords
- complex systems, stability, connectance, random connectivity, system instability
- MeSH terms
- Ecology, Models, Theoretical
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