Shota has just posted his latest work to bioRXiv! The work was done through a very fruitful collaboration with Mauro Mobilia, thanks Mauro for all your time and effort!
Shota set up a mathematical model to study how species interact in environments that fluctuate between harsh and benign conditions. His results show that it’s very difficult to predict a priori how the frequency of fluctuations will affect pairwise species interactions. He has found, though, that the strength of these interactions are good predictors of overall species diversity in microbial communities of up to 10 species. Read more here.