György Barabás

@liu.se

Assistant professor, Division of Theoretical Biology, Dept. IFM
Linköping University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theoretical/mathematical ecology, community ecology, food webs, species coexistence, eco-evolutionary processes
3751

Scholar Citations

26

Scholar h-index

38

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The ecology and evolution of sub-exponential replicators
    B Kovács, G Barabás, G Meszéna, E Szathmáry, A Szilágyi
    PLOS Computational Biology 22 (5), e1014247 , 2026
    2026
  • Weak dispersal and landscape size inevitably promote local biodiversity in heterogeneous metacommunities of competing species
    F De Laender, A Gonzalez, O Bleeckx, D Ebert, G Barabás
    bioRxiv, 2026.02. 16.706088 , 2026
    2026
  • A practical guide to characterising ecological coexistence
    AT Clark, LG Shoemaker, JF Arnoldi, G Barabás, R Germain, O Godoy, ...
    Biological Reviews 101 (1), 195-220 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • Catalysts and inhibitors of critical transitions in ecological systems
    Y Yang, G Barabás, S Saavedra, A Li
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 (2), e2516856122 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • Ecological Risk–Benefit Analysis for Assisted Colonization
    R D'andrea, G Barabás, SE Dalrymple, W Foden, P Genovesi, ...
    Global Change Biology 31 (11), e70613 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Cascading effects of species loss on ecosystem service provisioning in a marine food web
    A Eklöf, JS Mattsson, G Barabás
    bioRxiv, 2025.10. 20.683080 , 2025
    2025
  • Distinguishing Short‐Term Versus Long‐Term Responses in Cover‐Class Structured Community Dynamics: A Test With Grassland Drought Response
    A Gupta, SJL Gascoigne, G Barabás, BW Blonder, M Qi, E Fenollosa, ...
    Ecology Letters 28 (8), e70182 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Label invariance: a guiding principle for ecological models
    T Gibbs, O Mazzarisi, L Fant, R An, J Grilli, G Barabás, C Song
    bioRxiv, 2025.07. 15.664968 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Destabilizing effects of eco-evolutionary feedback on community stability and the role of climate change
    Q Zhao, F De Laender, G Barabas
    bioRxiv, 2025.06. 04.657861 , 2025
    2025
  • When Do Trait‐Based Higher Order Interactions and Individual Variation Promote Robust Species Coexistence?
    G Baruah, G Barabás, R John
    Ecology and Evolution 15 (4), e71336 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Variation in precipitation drives differences in interactions and short-term transient instability between grassland functional groups: a stage-structured community approach
    A Gupta, S Gascoigne, G Barabás, M Qi, E Fenollosa, R Thornley, ...
    bioRxiv, 2024.10. 07.617067 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • A practical guide to quantifying ecological coexistence
    AT Clark, LG Shoemaker, JF Arnoldi, G Barabás, R Germain, O Godoy, ...
    EcoEvoRxiv , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Behavioural synchronisation between different groups of dogs and wolves and their owners/handlers: Exploring the effect of breed and human interaction
    J Heurlin, G Barabás, LSV Roth
    Plos one 19 (5), e0302833 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Parameter sensitivity of transient community dynamics
    G Barabás
    The American Naturalist 203 (4), 473-489 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Phosphorus recycling and loss from compost‐amended urban gardens: Results from a 7‐year study
    GE Small, P Shrestha, C Zeiner, G Barabás, GS Metson
    Urban agriculture & regional food systems 9 (1), e20055 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Complex nonmonotonic responses of biodiversity to habitat destruction
    H Zhang, D Bearup, G Barabás, WF Fagan, I Nijs, D Chen, J Liao
    Ecology 104 (12), e4177 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 10
  • Using Quotas as a Remedy for Structural Injustice
    G Barabás, A Szigeti
    Erkenntnis 88 (8), 3631-3649 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Towards a mechanistic understanding of variation in aquatic food chain length
    G Guo, G Barabás, G Takimoto, D Bearup, WF Fagan, D Chen, J Liao
    Ecology Letters 26 (11), 1926-1939 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • Restoration ecology through the lens of coexistence theory
    LM Hallett, L Aoyama, G Barabás, B Gilbert, L Larios, N Shackelford, ...
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38 (11), 1085-1096 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 33
  • Mean species responses predict effects of environmental change on coexistence
    F De Laender, C Carpentier, T Carletti, C Song, SL Rumschlag, ...
    Ecology Letters 26 (9), 1535-1547 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 10

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Higher-order interactions stabilize dynamics in competitive network models
    J Grilli, G Barabás, MJ Michalska-Smith, S Allesina
    Nature 548 (7666), 210-213 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 800
  • Chesson's coexistence theory
    G Barabás, R D'Andrea, SM Stump
    Ecological monographs 88 (3), 277-303 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 429
  • The evolution of niche overlap and competitive differences
    AI Pastore, G Barabás, MD Bimler, MM Mayfield, TE Miller
    Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (3), 330-337 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 250
  • The effect of intra-and interspecific competition on coexistence in multispecies communities
    G Barabás, M J. Michalska-Smith, S Allesina
    The American Naturalist 188 (1), E1-E12 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 241
  • Feasibility and coexistence of large ecological communities
    J Grilli, M Adorisio, S Suweis, G Barabás, JR Banavar, S Allesina, ...
    Nature communications 8 (1), 14389 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 218
  • Predicting the stability of large structured food webs
    S Allesina, J Grilli, G Barabás, S Tang, J Aljadeff, A Maritan
    Nature communications 6 (1), 7842 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 189
  • The importance of species interactions in eco-evolutionary community dynamics under climate change
    A Åkesson, A Curtsdotter, A Eklöf, B Ebenman, J Norberg, G Barabás
    Nature communications 12 (1), 4759 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 179
  • Self-regulation and the stability of large ecological networks
    G Barabás, MJ Michalska-Smith, S Allesina
    Nature ecology & evolution 1 (12), 1870-1875 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 174
  • The effect of intraspecific variation and heritability on community pattern and robustness
    G Barabás, R D'Andrea
    Ecology letters 19 (8), 977-986 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 165
  • On the consequences of the interdependence of stabilizing and equalizing mechanisms
    C Song, G Barabás, S Saavedra
    The American Naturalist 194 (5), 627-639 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 107
  • Metapopulation persistence in random fragmented landscapes
    J Grilli, G Barabás, S Allesina
    PLoS computational biology 11 (5), e1004251 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 80
  • Sensitivity analysis of coexistence in ecological communities: theory and application
    G Barabás, L Pásztor, G Meszéna, A Ostling
    Ecology Letters 17 (12), 1479-1494 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 78
  • Emergent neutrality or hidden niches?
    G Barabás, R D’andrea, R Rael, G Meszéna, A Ostling
    Oikos 122 (11), 1565-1572 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 65
  • Continuous coexistence or discrete species? A new review of an old question
    G Barabás, S Pigolotti, M Gyllenberg, U Dieckmann, G Meszéna
    IR-12-020 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 56
  • General statistical scaling laws for stability in ecological systems
    AT Clark, JF Arnoldi, YR Zelnik, G Barabas, D Hodapp, C Karakoç, ...
    Ecology Letters 24 (7), 1474-1486 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 50
  • The evolution of trait variance creates a tension between species diversity and functional diversity
    G Barabás, C Parent, A Kraemer, F Van de Perre, F De Laender
    Nature Communications 13 (1), 2521 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 45
  • When the exception becomes the rule: the disappearance of limiting similarity in the Lotka–Volterra model
    G Barabás, G Meszéna
    Journal of theoretical biology 258 (1), 89-94 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 43
  • Reinterpreting the relationship between number of species and number of links connects community structure and stability
    C Carpentier, G Barabás, JW Spaak, F De Laender
    Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (8), 1102-1109 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 38
  • Disentangling key species interactions in diverse and heterogeneous communities: A Bayesian sparse modelling approach
    CP Weiss‐Lehman, CM Werner, CH Bowler, LM Hallett, MM Mayfield, ...
    Ecology Letters 25 (5), 1263-1276 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 36
  • Community robustness and limiting similarity in periodic environments
    G Barabás, G Meszéna, A Ostling
    Theoretical Ecology 5 (2), 265-282 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 36