Stability

Effects of Freshwater Salinization and Biotic Stressors on Amphibian Morphology
Selection on Stability
Identifying the potential for systemic selection against unstable structures.
Selection on Stability
Selection on stability across ecological scales
Many ecological patterns can be explained by the selective loss of structures are less likely to be stable.
Selection against instability: stable subgraphs are most frequent in empirical food webs
Subgraphs that are observed more frequently than expected at random are also those that are more likely to be stable.
Selection against instability: stable subgraphs are most frequent in empirical food webs
Why there are so few trophic levels: Selection against instability explains the pattern
Food chains are typically short, we suggest that this is because food webs with longer chains are less likely to be stable.
Why there are so few trophic levels: Selection against instability explains the pattern