Constructing ecological interaction networks by correlation analysis: Hints from community sampling

Network Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-98

  Zhang, WenJun ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Community sampling; Correlation analysis; Degree distribution; Interaction; Linear network; Link; Network construction; Quasi linear network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981258887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22208879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.0000/issn-2220-8879-networkbiology-2011-v1-0008     Document Type: Article

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