Sneak Peek #40: A new way to determine whether a species will successfully invade an ecosystem

MIT physicists develop a predictive formula, based on bacterial communities, that may also apply to other types of ecosystems, including the human GI tract.

When a new species is introduced into an ecosystem, it may succeed in establishing itself, or it may fail to gain a foothold and die out. Physicists at MIT have now devised a formula that can predict which of those outcomes is most likely.

https://news.mit.edu/2025/new-way-determine-whether-species-will-successfully-invade-ecosystem-0106