PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lev V. Kalmykov
AU  - Vyacheslav L. Kalmykov
TI  - A solution to the biodiversity paradox by logical deterministic cellular automata
AID  - 10.1101/006817
DP  - 2014 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 006817
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2014/07/02/006817.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2014/07/02/006817.full
AB  - The paradox of biological diversity is the key problem of theoretical ecology. The paradox consists in the contradiction between the competitive exclusion principle and the observed biodiversity. This principle was formulated incorrectly because of limitations of the traditional black-box models of interspecific competition. Our white-box models are based on logical deterministic individual-based cellular automata. Here, we show a mechanism of competitive coexistence which violates the known formulations of the principle. We reformulate and generalize the competitive exclusion principle and explain why our formulations provide a solution of the biodiversity paradox. In addition, we propose a principle of competitive coexistence.PACS numbers 87.23.Cc, 87.23.-n, 89.75.Fb