title: Organization of ecosystems in the vicinity of a novel phase transition.
abstract: It is shown that an ecosystem in equilibrium is generally organized in a state which is poised in the vicinity of a novel phase transition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Davey Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Volkov
authors.forename: Jayanth R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Banavar
authors.forename: Amos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maritan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological