For reference, we plot as an horizontal line the structural stability of a competitive system without mutualism. Mutualism tends to increase the structural stability for r ¼ 0.05, but it tends to decrease it for r ¼ 0.23. Moreover, for r ¼ 0.05 structural stability is positively ...
On the other hand, in the case of entomopathogens, the balance is shifted towards the death of the host, as the pathogen's main objective is to exploit the host's body, even after killing it, to complete its reproduction and life cycle. To be successful, a foreign organism penetrating ...