Bascompte / Jordano Mutualistic Networks

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4872-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 53, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Monographs in Population Biology

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Bascompte, Jordi

Jordano, Pedro

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

Chapter 1. Biodiversity and Plant-Animal Coevolution 1

Historical Overview 1

A Bit of Natural History 6

Coevolution in Multispecific Mutualisms 12

Summary 14

Chapter 2. An Introduction to Complex Networks 15

A Network Approach to Complex Systems 17

Measures of Network Structure 21

Models of Network Buildup 31

Ecological Networks 32

Summary 41

Chapter 3. The Structure of Plant-Animal Mutualistic Networks 42

Degree Distribution 42

Nestedness 44

Small World 48

Modularity 50

Weighted Networks 54

Comparisons with other Ecological Networks 60

Summary 62

Chapter 4. Ecological and Evolutionary Mechanisms 64

Single Ecological Traits 67

Phylogenetic Effects 77

Summary 85

Chapter 5. Mutualistic Networks in Time and Space 87

Network Dynamics 88

Spatial Mosaics 98

Sampling and Robustness 102

Summary 106

Chapter 6. Consequences of Network Structure 107

Coextinction Cascades 108

Dynamic Stability 113

Global Change and Mutualistic Networks 120

Coevolutionary Implications 126

Implications for Nonbiological Systems 132

Summary 134

Chapter 7. Epilogue 136

Appendix A. Indices Used in Mutualistic Network Analyses 139

Appendix B. Fitting Degree Distributions 143

Appendix C. Measures of Nestedness 147

Appendix D. Measures of Modularity 150

Appendix E. Phylogenetic Methods and Network Analysis 154

Appendix F. Null Models for Assessing Network Structure 160

Appendix G. An Analytical Theory of Mutualistic Networks 167

Fixed Points and Local Stability 167

Effects of Network Structure on Competition and Biodiversity 169

Appendix H. Software for the Analysis of Complex Networks 175

Bibliography 179

Index 201

Über Autor(innen)

Jordi Bascompte is professor of ecology at the University of Zurich. He is the coauthor of Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems (Princeton). Pedro Jordano is a professor at the Spanish Research Council and honorary professor at the University of Sevilla.