Why Nestedness in Mutualistic Networks?
种群与进化
2007-09-20 v2
摘要
We investigate the relationship between the nested organization of mutualistic systems and their robustness against the extinction of species. We establish that a nested pattern of contacts is the best possible one as far as robustness is concerned, but only when the least linked species have the greater probability of becoming extinct. We introduce a coefficient that provides a quantitative measure of the robustness of a mutualistic system.
引用
@article{arxiv.q-bio/0609005,
title = {Why Nestedness in Mutualistic Networks?},
author = {E. Burgos and H. Ceva and R. Perazzo and M. Devoto and D. Medan and M. Zimmermann and A. M. Delbue},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-bio/0609005},
year = {2007}
}
备注
Journal of Theoretical Biology (Accepted, 2007)