title: Complexity, stability and self-organization in natural communities.
abstract: The search for a functional relationship between diversity and stability has thus far been futile. Recent advances in cybernetics suggest that progress may be achieved if diversity, stability and redundancy are considered to be cofactors in determining the key dependent variable - the capacity for self-organization.
authors.affiliation: Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, 20688, Solomons, Maryland, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ulanowicz