Serguei Saavedra

Jun 29, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Serguei Saavedra |José Arroyo |Jose arroyo |Jie Deng |Pablo A. Marquet

AbstractMetabolic scaling theory has been pivotal in formalizing the limits of energy expenditures across individuals as a function of body size. Similarly, coexistence theory has provided a mathematization of the expected energy transformations across populations as a function of interspecific interactions.

Oct 27, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Serguei Saavedra |José Arroyo |Jose arroyo |Pablo A. Marquet |Chris Kempes

AbstractMetabolic scaling and coexistence theories have been pivotal in mathematizing both the energy expenditures and transformations across individuals and populations. Yet, it is unclear how the sustainability of biodiversity depends on metabolic scaling relationships. Here, we provide a tractable and scalable perspective to study how the possibility for multispecies coexistence (i.e., feasibility) change as a function of the dependence of a population's metabolism on body size.