🚨 new paper online 🚨
From friend to foe and back: coevolutionary transitions in the mutualism–antagonism continuum
1st author Felix Jäger studied the dynamic nature of biotic interactions and identified an evolutionary #TippingPoint: a gradual change in environmental conditions may lead to an abrupt breakdown of #mutualism to #antagonism, which can‘t be reversed by restoring the initial conditions. 🤯
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#EcologicalModelling
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.2326