Identifying compartments in presence-absence matrices and bipartite networks: Insights into modularity measures

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 759-768

  Thébault, Elisa ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Compartmentalization; Modularity; Nestedness; Network theory; Networks; Power analysis; Presence absence matrices

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDEX METHOD; MATRIX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NESTEDNESS;

EID: 84875072094     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12015     Document Type: Article

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