This paper makes an interesting claim about the identifiably of multivariate effects in ecological models.
But unfortunately, its characterization of our recent work (arxiv.org/abs/2602.16937) is very misleading. 1/2
We demonstrate that graph-based models are fully capable of representing higher-order interactions, and have a long history of being used for precisely this purpose. This stands in contrast to a commo...
Check out our full manuscript: "Higher-order interactions in ecology can be hidden in plain sight" arxiv.org/pdf/2605.06301
Can we actually infer their presence just by looking at species abundance time-series? We built an idealized computational pipeline to find out... the surprising answer is no!