The rise of Network Ecology: Maps of the topic diversity and scientific collaboration

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 293, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-127

  Borrett, Stuart R ^a,b   Moody, James ^b   Edelmann, Achim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliographic analysis; Co authorship; Connectivity; Network ecology; Non trophic interactions; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; BIOLOGY; GRAPH THEORY; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BIBLIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CLUSTERING COEFFICIENT; CO-AUTHORSHIP NETWORKS; CO-AUTHORSHIPS; CONNECTIVITY; LARGEST CONNECTED COMPONENT; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84910633607     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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