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The coexistence problem revisited

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A new theoretical study warns against common misinterpretations of classical ideas on the limits to species diversity.

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Fig. 1: The number of distinct regulating factors.

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Barabás, G. The coexistence problem revisited. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 1425–1426 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0335-z

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