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Nonequilibrium dynamics in conservation biology: Scales, attractors and critical points by Solé, Ricard

“…Preserving and restoring biodiversity is becoming a great challenge as we face a world where planetary boundaries will likely be crossed over the following…”
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Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity by Berdugo, Miguel, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Soliveres, Santiago, Hernández-Clemente, Rocío, Zhao, Yanchuang, Gaitán, Juan J, Gross, Nicolas, Saiz, Hugo, Maire, Vincent, Lehmann, Anika, Rillig, Matthias C, Solé, Ricard V, Maestre, Fernando T

“…Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to…”
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Using information theory to decode network coevolution by Solé, Ricard

“…Communication clashes shape the coevolution of insect-plant ecosystems Walking through a forest, you spot a colorful butterfly larva crawling and munching on a…”
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Ecological complexity and the biosphere: the next 30 years by Solé, Ricard, Levin, Simon

“…Global warming, habitat loss and overexploitation of limited resources are leading to alarming biodiversity declines. Ecosystems are complex adaptive systems…”
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Ecological mechanisms underlying aridity thresholds in global drylands by Berdugo, Miguel, Vidiella, Blai, Solé, Ricard V., Maestre, Fernando T.

“…With ongoing climate change, the probability of crossing environmental thresholds promoting abrupt changes in ecosystem structure and functioning is higher…”
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Liquid brains, solid brains by Solé, Ricard, Moses, Melanie, Forrest, Stephanie

“…Cognitive networks have evolved a broad range of solutions to the problem of gathering, storing and responding to information. Some of these networks are…”
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Network-level containment of single-species bioengineering by Maull, Victor, Solé, Ricard

“…Ecological systems are facing major diversity losses in this century owing to Anthropogenic effects. Habitat loss, overexploitation of resources, invasion and…”
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Revisiting Leigh Van Valen’s “A New Evolutionary Law” (1973) by Solé, Ricard

“…Leigh Van Valen was an American evolutionary biologist who made major contributions to evolutionary theory. He is particularly remembered for his…”
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Evolving complexity: how tinkering shapes cells, software and ecological networks by Solé, Ricard, Valverde, Sergi

“…A common trait of complex systems is that they can be represented by means of a network of interacting parts. It is, in fact, the network organization (more…”
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Bioengineering the biosphere? by Sole, Ricard

“…•We consider a novel scenario for climate change and ecosystem decay based on synthetic biology.•Several scales of bioengineering are considered, from regional…”
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Synthetic transitions: towards a new synthesis by Solee, Ricard

“…The evolution of life in our biosphere has been marked by several major innovations. Such major complexity shifts include the origin of cells, genetic codes or…”
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External morphology explains the success of biological invasions by Azzurro, Ernesto, Tuset, Victor M, Lombarte, Antoni, Maynou, Francesc, Simberloff, Daniel, Rodríguez‐Pérez, Ana, Solé, Ricard V, Vila, Montserrat

“…Biological invasions have become major players in the current biodiversity crisis, but realistic tools to predict which species will establish successful…”
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Ecological networks and their fragility by Montoya, José M, Solé, Ricard V, Pimm, Stuart L

“…Darwin used the metaphor of a 'tangled bank' to describe the complex interactions between species. Those interactions are varied: they can be antagonistic ones…”
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On the origins of hierarchy in complex networks by Corominas-Murtra, Bernat, Goñi, Joaquín, Solé, Ricard V., Rodríguez-Caso, Carlos

“…Hierarchy seems to pervade complexity in both living and artificial systems. Despite its relevance, no general theory that captures all features of hierarchy…”
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Data completeness-the Achilles heel of drug-target networks by Mestres, Jordi, Valverde, Sergi, Gregori-Puigjané, Elisabet, Solé, Ricard V

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Synthetic associative learning in engineered multicellular consortia by Macia, Javier, Vidiella, Blai, Solé, Ricard V.

“…Associative learning (AL) is one of the key mechanisms displayed by living organisms in order to adapt to their changing environments. It was recognized early…”
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Biodiversity as a firewall to engineered microbiomes for restoration and conservation by Maull, Victor, Solé, Ricard

“…The possibility of abrupt transitions threatens to poise ecosystems into irreversibly degraded states. Synthetic biology has recently been proposed to prevent…”
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The ecology of cancer differentiation therapy by Solé, Ricard, Aguadé-Gorgorió, Guim

“…•Habitat fragmentation models.•Phase transitions in cancer.•Modelling differentiation therapy. A promising, yet still under development approach to cancer…”
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Statistical physics of liquid brains by Piñero, Jordi, Solé, Ricard

“…Liquid neural networks (or 'liquid brains') are a widespread class of cognitive living networks characterized by a common feature: the agents (ants or immune…”
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Distributed computation: the new wave of synthetic biology devices by Macía, Javier, Posas, Francesc, Solé, Ricard V

“…Synthetic biology (SB) offers a unique opportunity for designing complex molecular circuits able to perform predefined functions. But the goal of achieving a…”
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