Mutualistic networks

Mutualistic interactions among plants and animals have played a paramount role in shaping biodiversity. Yet the majority of studies on mutualistic interactions have involved only a few species, as opposed to broader mutual connections between communities of organisms. Mutualistic Networks is the fir...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bascompte, Jordi, Jordano, Pedro
Format:	E-Book Buch
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Princeton Princeton University Press 2013
Ausgabe:	1
Schriftenreihe:	Monographs in Population Biology
Schlagworte:	Algorithm Asymmetry Biodiversity Biological constraints Biological interaction Biological Sciences Biology Bipartite graph Brownian motion Centrality Coevolution Cology Complex network Correlation and dependence Covariance matrix Curve fitting Defaunation Degree distribution Ecological network Ecology Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Ecosystem Emergence Estimation Evolution Flora Food chain Food web Frequency distribution Frugivore Habitat destruction Herbivore Insect Interdependence Invasive species Isocline Life Sciences Likelihood function Local extinction Matrix representation Metacommunity Modular programming Modularity (networks) Mutualism (Biology) Nestedness Network architecture Network motif Network robustness Network theory Null model Parameter Parasitism Pathogen Phenology Phenotype Phenotypic trait Phylogenetic tree Phylogenetics Pollination Population dynamics Power law Predation Preferential attachment Probability Randomization Scale-free network SCIENCE SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology Seed dispersal Spatial heterogeneity Spatial network Statistic Subset Symbiosis Trophic cascade Trophic level Weighted network Subset Nestedness Network architecture Biodiversity Food chain Network theory Matrix representation Trophic level Ecosystem Phylogenetics Frequency distribution Bipartite graph Habitat destruction Mutualism (biology) Weighted network Likelihood function Frugivore Isocline Preferential attachment Spatial network Phylogenetic tree Estimation Defaunation Covariance matrix Coevolution Algorithm Brownian motion Phenotype Flora Phenology Trophic cascade Complex network Ecological network Pathogen Scale-free network Randomization Network robustness Food web Statistic Emergence Modular programming Correlation and dependence Power law Metacommunity Insect Network motif Symbiosis Local extinction Modularity (networks) Null model Centrality Probability Biological interaction Data set Ecology Interdependence Phenotypic trait Pollination Degree distribution Invasive species Asymmetry Spatial heterogeneity Parameter Population dynamics Parasitism Seed dispersal Predation Biological constraints Curve fitting Herbivore
ISBN:	9780691131269, 0691131260, 1400848725, 9781400848720
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Zusammenfassung:	Mutualistic interactions among plants and animals have played a paramount role in shaping biodiversity. Yet the majority of studies on mutualistic interactions have involved only a few species, as opposed to broader mutual connections between communities of organisms. Mutualistic Networks is the first book to comprehensively explore this burgeoning field. Integrating different approaches, from the statistical description of network structures to the development of new analytical frameworks, Jordi Bascompte and Pedro Jordano describe the architecture of these mutualistic networks and show their importance for the robustness of biodiversity and the coevolutionary process. Making a case for why we should care about mutualisms and their complex networks, this book offers a new perspective on the study and synthesis of this growing area for ecologists and evolutionary biologists. It will serve as the standard reference for all future work on mutualistic interactions in biological communities.
Bibliographie:	Index: p. [201]-206 Bibliography: p. [179]-200
ISBN:	9780691131269 0691131260 1400848725 9781400848720
DOI:	10.1515/9781400848720