When is an ecological network complex? Connectance drives degree distribution and emerging network properties

Connectance and degree distributions are important components of the structure of ecological networks. In this contribution, we use a statistical argument and simple network generating models to show that properties of the degree distribution are driven by network connectance. We discuss the consequ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Timothée Poisot, Dominique Gravel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/251.pdf