Mark R. T. Dale

Quantitative Analysis of Ecological Networks (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Network thinking and network analysis are rapidly expanding features of ecological research. Network analysis of ecological systems include representations and modelling of the interactions in an ecosystem, in which species or factors are joined by pairwise connections. This book provides an overview of ecological network analysis including generating processes, the relationship between structure and dynamic function, and statistics and models for these networks. Starting with a general introduction to the composition of networks and their characteristics, it includes details on such topics as measures of network complexity, applications of spectral graph theory, how best to include indirect species interactions, and multilayer, multiplex and multilevel networks. Graduate students and researchers who want to develop and understand ecological networks in their research will find this volume inspiring and helpful. Detailed guidance to those already working in network ecology but looking for advice is also included.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108632973
• Artikelnr.: 66178936

Autorenporträt

Mark R. T. Dale is a Professor in Environmental Science at the University of Northern British Columbia. His research interests include the spatial structure of plant communities and the development and evaluation of numerical methods to answer ecological questions, including graph theory and network complexity. His graduate students have worked in a diverse set of systems from prairie to alpine and at a range of spatial scales from plant neighbour competition to landscape disturbance patterns. He wrote Spatial Pattern Analysis in Plant Ecology (Cambridge 1999), and Applying Graph Theory in Ecological Research (Cambridge 2017) and was co-author, with Marie-Josée Fortin, of Spatial Analysis: A Guide for Ecologists (Cambridge 2005, 2nd ed. 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Ecological Processes and Network Systems
2. Structural Properties of Networks
3. Quantitative Analysis of Dynamic Networks
4. Multi-layer, -type, and -level Networks
5. Tying it all together: Summary and Synthesis.