We derive an analytical approximation for making quantitative predictions for ecological communities as a function of the mean intensity of the inter-specific competition and the species richness. This method, with only a fraction of the model parameters (carrying capacities and competition coefficients), is able to predict accurately empirical measurements covering a wide variety of taxa (algae, plants, protozoa).
@article{arxiv.1708.03593,
title = {Quantitative predictions from competition theory with incomplete information on model parameters tested against experiments across diverse taxa},
author = {Hugo Fort},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.03593},
year = {2017}
}