Toshinori Okuyama
Donald L. DeAngelis
J. Nathaniel Holland
2006
<p><span>Bascompte </span><i>et al</i><span>. (Reports, 21 April 2006, p. 431) used network asymmetries to explain mathematical conditions necessary for stability in historic models of mutualism. The Lotka-Volterra equations they used artificially created conditions in which some factor, such as asymmetric interaction strengths, is necessary for community coexistence. We show that a more realistic model incorporating nonlinear functional responses requires no such condition and is consistent with their data.</span></p>
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Comment on "Asymmetric coevolutionary networks facilitate biodiversity maintenance"
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