Most studies of plant–animal mutualistic networks have come from a temporally static
perspective. This approach has revealed general patterns in network structure, but limits our …

Networks are ubiquitous in natural, technological and social systems. They are of increasing
relevance for improved understanding and control of infectious diseases of plants, animals …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 442–452 Abstract Species extinctions pose serious threats to the
functioning of ecological communities worldwide. We used two qualitative and quantitative …

Studies of complex networks show that nodes with high centrality scores are important to
network structure and stability. Following this rationale, centrality measures can be used to …

Despite a strong current interest in ecological networks, the bulk of studies are static
descriptions of the structure of networks, and very few analyze their temporal dynamics. Yet …

Summary 1 Attempts to restore damaged ecosystems usually emphasize structural aspects
of biodiversity, such as species richness and abundance. An alternative is to emphasize …

Pollination networks are representations of all interactions between co‐existing plants and
their flower visiting animals at a given site. Although the study of networks has become a …

How networks of ecological interactions are structured has a major impact on their
functioning. However, accurately resolving both the nodes of the webs and the links …

Aim Interacting communities of species are organized into complex networks, and network
analysis is reckoned to be a strong tool for describing their architecture. Many species …

The search for general properties in the structure of ecological networks is currently a very
active area of research. Meta‐analyses of published networks are a widely used technique …