Mutualistic Networks

Author : Jordi Bascompte,Pedro Jordano
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691131269

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Mutualistic Networks by Jordi Bascompte,Pedro Jordano Pdf

Mutualistic interactions among plants and animals have played a paramount role in shaping biodiversity. Yet the majority of studies on mutualistic interactions have involved only a few species, as opposed to broader mutual connections between communities of organisms. Mutualistic Networks is the first book to comprehensively explore this burgeoning field. Integrating different approaches, from the statistical description of network structures to the development of new analytical frameworks, Jordi Bascompte and Pedro Jordano describe the architecture of these mutualistic networks and show their importance for the robustness of biodiversity and the coevolutionary process. Making a case for why we should care about mutualisms and their complex networks, this book offers a new perspective on the study and synthesis of this growing area for ecologists and evolutionary biologists. It will serve as the standard reference for all future work on mutualistic interactions in biological communities.

Author : Judith L. Bronstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199675661

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Mutualism by Judith L. Bronstein Pdf

Mutualisms, interactions between two species that benefit both of them, have long captured the public imagination. Their influence transcends levels of biological organisation from cells to populations, communities, and ecosystems. Focusing on a range of ecological and evolutionary aspects over different scales (from individual to ecosystem), the chapters in this book provide expert coverage of our current understanding of mutualism whilst highlighting the most important questions that remain to be answered.

Author : Stefano Boccaletti
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789812838803

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Handbook on Biological Networks by Stefano Boccaletti Pdf

Networked systems are all around us. The accumulated evidence of systems as complex as a cell cannot be fully understood by studying only their isolated constituents, giving rise to a new area of interest in research OCo the study of complex networks . In a broad sense, biological networks have been one of the most studied networks, and the field has benefited from many important contributions. By understanding and modeling the structure of a biological network, a better perception of its dynamical and functional behavior is to be expected. This unique book compiles the most relevant results and novel insights provided by network theory in the biological sciences, ranging from the structure and dynamics of the brain to cellular and protein networks and to population-level biology. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Introduction (61 KB). Contents: Networks at the Cellular Level: The Structural Network Properties of Biological Systems (M Brilli & P Li); Dynamics of Multicellular Synthetic Gene Networks (E Ullner et al.); Boolean Networks in Inference and Dynamic Modeling of Biological Systems at the Molecular and Physiological Level (J Thakar & R Albert); Complexity of Boolean Dynamics in Simple Models of Signaling Networks and in Real Genetic Networks (A D az-Guilera & R ulvarez-Buylla); Geometry and Topology of Folding Landscapes (L Bongini & L Casetti); Elastic Network Models for Biomolecular Dynamics: Theory and Application to Membrane Proteins and Viruses (T R Lezon et al.); Metabolic Networks (M C Palumbo et al.); Brain Networks: The Human Brain Network (O Sporns); Brain Network Analysis from High-Resolution EEG Signals (F De Vico Fallani & F Babiloni); An Optimization Approach to the Structure of the Neuronal layout of C elegans (A Arenas et al.); Cultured Neuronal Networks Express Complex Patterns of Activity and Morphological Memory (N Raichman et al.); Synchrony and Precise Timing in Complex Neural Networks (R-M Memmesheimer & M Timme); Networks at the Individual and Population Levels: Ideas for Moving Beyond Structure to Dynamics of Ecological Networks (D B Stouffer et al.); Evolutionary Models for Simple Biosystems (F Bagnoli); Evolution of Cooperation in Adaptive Social Networks (S Van Segbroeck et al.); From Animal Collectives and Complex Networks to Decentralized Motion Control Strategies (A Buscarino et al.); Interplay of Network State and Topology in Epidemic Dynamics (T Gross). Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers interested in the study of complex networks in a wide range of biological processes and systems."

Author : Priscilla Mensah,David Katerere,Sepo Hachigonta,Andreas Roodt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319714868

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Systems Analysis Approach for Complex Global Challenges by Priscilla Mensah,David Katerere,Sepo Hachigonta,Andreas Roodt Pdf

This book, which contains a collection of review articles as well as focus on evidence-based policy making, will serve as a valuable resource not just for all postgraduate students conducting research using systems analysis thinking but also for policy makers. To our knowledge, a book of this nature which also has a strong African focus is currently not available. The book examines environmental and socio-economic risks with the aim of providing an analytical foundation for the management and governance of natural resources, disasters, addressing climate change, and easing the technological and ecological transitions to sustainability. It provides scientific and strategic analysis to better understand the dynamics of future energy transitions, their main driving forces, enabling factors, barriers, as well as their consequences for the social, economic and environmental dimensions of human wellbeing. Science-based policy advice is achieved through an integrated assessment and modeling of how to simultaneously address the major energy policy challenges in the areas of environment (climate change and air pollution), energy poverty (or access to affordable and clean energy for the poor), energy security and reliability. It also aims to improve our understanding of ecosystems and their management in today’s changing world—in particular, the current state of ecosystems, and their ecological thresholds and buffering capacities. It provides support for policy makers in developing rational, realistic and science-based regional, national and global strategies for the production of fuel, food and fibre that sustain ecosystem services and safeguard food security. Finally, it addresses the human development dimension of global change based on comprehensive studies on the changing size and composition of human populations around the world by analyzing both their impacts and the differential vulnerabilities by age, gender and level of education.

Author : John C. Moore,Peter C. de Ruiter,Kevin S. McCann,Volkmar Wolters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107182110

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Food Webs by John C. Moore,Peter C. de Ruiter,Kevin S. McCann,Volkmar Wolters Pdf

This book presents new approaches to studying food webs, using practical and policy examples to demonstrate the theory behind ecosystem management decisions.

Author : Wesley Dáttilo,Victor Rico-Gray
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319682280

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Ecological Networks in the Tropics by Wesley Dáttilo,Victor Rico-Gray Pdf

Based on graph theory studies this book seeks to understand how tropical species interact with each other and how these interactions are affected by perturbations in some of the most species-rich habitats on earth. Due to the great diversity of species and interactions in the tropics, this book addresses a wide range of current and future issues with empirical examples and complete revisions on different types of ecological networks: from mutualisms to antagonisms. The goal of this publication is not to be only for researchers but also for undergraduates in different areas of knowledge, and also to serve as a reference text for graduate-level courses mainly in the life sciences.

Author : Mark Newman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780192527493

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Networks by Mark Newman Pdf

The study of networks, including computer networks, social networks, and biological networks, has attracted enormous interest in the last few years. The rise of the Internet and the wide availability of inexpensive computers have made it possible to gather and analyze network data on an unprecedented scale, and the development of new theoretical tools has allowed us to extract knowledge from networks of many different kinds. The study of networks is broadly interdisciplinary and central developments have occurred in many fields, including mathematics, physics, computer and information sciences, biology, and the social sciences. This book brings together the most important breakthroughs in each of these fields and presents them in a coherent fashion, highlighting the strong interconnections between work in different areas. Topics covered include the measurement of networks; methods for analyzing network data, including methods developed in physics, statistics, and sociology; fundamentals of graph theory; computer algorithms; mathematical models of networks, including random graph models and generative models; and theories of dynamical processes taking place on networks.

Author : Mercedes Pascual,Jennifer A. Dunne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0195188160

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Ecological Networks by Mercedes Pascual,Jennifer A. Dunne Pdf

Food webs are one of the most useful, and challenging, objects of study in ecology. These networks of predator-prey interactions, conjured in Darwin's image of a "tangled bank," provide a paradigmatic example of complex adaptive systems. This book is based on a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute workshop. Its authors treat the ecology of predator-prey interactions, food web theory, structure and dynamics. The book explores the boundaries of what is known of the relationship between structure and dynamics in ecological networks and will define directions for future developments in this field.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Fundacion BBVA
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 9788496515536

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Unity in Diversity: Reflections on Ecology after the Legacy of Ramon Margalef by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cang Hui,David Richardson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781108478618

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Invading Ecological Networks by Cang Hui,David Richardson Pdf

Proposes new ways of managing ecological invasions by implementing an open adaptive network framework for ecosystem transformation.

Author : Herman A. Verhoef,Peter J. Morin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199228973

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Community Ecology by Herman A. Verhoef,Peter J. Morin Pdf

This is an up-to-date study of patterns and processes involving two or more species. The book strikes a balance between plant and animal species and among studies of marine, freshwater and terrestrial communities.

Author : John N. Thompson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226118697

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The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution by John N. Thompson Pdf

Coevolution—reciprocal evolutionary change in interacting species driven by natural selection—is one of the most important ecological and genetic processes organizing the earth's biodiversity: most plants and animals require coevolved interactions with other species to survive and reproduce. The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution analyzes how the biology of species provides the raw material for long-term coevolution, evaluates how local coadaptation forms the basic module of coevolutionary change, and explores how the coevolutionary process reshapes locally coevolving interactions across the earth's constantly changing landscapes. Picking up where his influential The Coevolutionary Process left off, John N. Thompsonsynthesizes the state of a rapidly developing science that integrates approaches from evolutionary ecology, population genetics, phylogeography, systematics, evolutionary biochemistry and physiology, and molecular biology. Using models, data, and hypotheses to develop a complete conceptual framework, Thompson also draws on examples from a wide range of taxa and environments, illustrating the expanding breadth and depth of research in coevolutionary biology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 3421 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128114322

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Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology by Anonim Pdf

Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: ABC of Bioinformatics, Three Volume Set combines elements of computer science, information technology, mathematics, statistics and biotechnology, providing the methodology and in silico solutions to mine biological data and processes. The book covers Theory, Topics and Applications, with a special focus on Integrative –omics and Systems Biology. The theoretical, methodological underpinnings of BCB, including phylogeny are covered, as are more current areas of focus, such as translational bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and environmental informatics. Finally, Applications provide guidance for commonly asked questions. This major reference work spans basic and cutting-edge methodologies authored by leaders in the field, providing an invaluable resource for students, scientists, professionals in research institutes, and a broad swath of researchers in biotechnology and the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries. Brings together information from computer science, information technology, mathematics, statistics and biotechnology Written and reviewed by leading experts in the field, providing a unique and authoritative resource Focuses on the main theoretical and methodological concepts before expanding on specific topics and applications Includes interactive images, multimedia tools and crosslinking to further resources and databases

Author : Kevin S. McCann,Gabriel Gellner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780198824282

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Theoretical Ecology by Kevin S. McCann,Gabriel Gellner Pdf

Theoretical Ecology: concepts and applications continues the authoritative and established sequence of theoretical ecology books initiated by Robert M. May which helped pave the way for ecology to become a more robust theoretical science, encouraging the modern biologist to better understand the mathematics behind their theories. This latest instalment builds on the legacy of its predecessors with a completely new set of contributions. Rather than placing emphasis on the historical ideas in theoretical ecology, the Editors have encouraged each contribution to: synthesize historical theoretical ideas within modern frameworks that have emerged in the last 10-20 years (e.g. bridging population interactions to whole food webs); describe novel theory that has emerged in the last 20 years from historical empirical areas (e.g. macro-ecology); and finally to cover the rapidly expanding area of theoretical ecological applications (e.g. disease theory and global change theory). The result is a forward-looking synthesis that will help guide the field through a further decade of discovery and development. It is written for upper level undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers seeking synthesis and the state of the art in growing areas of interest in theoretical ecology, genetics, evolutionary ecology, and mathematical biology.

Author : Stefano Battiston,Guido Caldarelli,Antonios Garas
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780198809456

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Multiplex and Multilevel Networks by Stefano Battiston,Guido Caldarelli,Antonios Garas Pdf

The science of networks represented a substantial change in the way we see natural and technological phenomena. Now we have a better understanding that networks are, in most cases, networks of networks or multi-layered networks. This book provides a summary of the research done during one of the largest and most multidisciplinary projects in network science and complex systems (Multiplex). The science of complex networks originated from the empirical evidence that most of the structures of systems such as the internet, sets of protein interactions, and collaboration between people, share (at least qualitatively) common structural properties. This book examines how properties of networks that interact with other networks can change dramatically. The authors show that, dependent on the properties of links that interconnect two or more networks, we may derive different conclusions about the function and the possible vulnerabilities of the overall system of networks. This book presents a series of novel theoretical results together with their applications, providing a comprehensive overview of the field.