Observational and experimental studies have shown that an interaction class between two species (be it mutualistic, competitive, antagonistic, or neutral) may switch to a different class, depending on the biotic and abiotic factors within which species are observed. This complexity arising from the evidence of context-dependencies has underscored a difficulty in establishing a systematic analysis about the extent to which species interactions are expected to switch in nature and experiments. Here, we propose an overarching theoretical framework, by integrating probabilistic and structural approaches, to establish null expectations about switches of interaction classes across environmental contexts. This integration provides a systematic platform upon which it is possible to establish new hypotheses, clear predictions, and quantifiable expectations about the context-dependency of species interactions.

中文翻译：

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对物种相互作用的上下文相关性的概率理解。

观察和实验研究表明，两个物种之间的相互作用类别（互惠，竞争，对立或中立）可能会切换到不同的类别，具体取决于观察物种的生物和非生物因素。由上下文相关性的证据引起的这种复杂性凸显了建立关于预期物种相互作用在自然和实验中转换的程度的系统分析的困难。在这里，我们通过整合概率和结构方法，提出了一个总体的理论框架，以建立关于跨环境上下文的交互类切换的无效期望。这种整合提供了一个系统的平台，可以在此平台上建立新的假设，清晰的预测，