Hi,
After finding out about it, I'm using the k-core decomposition method to visualise/analyse the seed dispersal network of Aldabra Atoll as part of my PhD project. It's a great tool to visualise details that are otherwise difficult to grasp with standard plots. I love it that you are providing examples with published networks and I was wondering if you could include some ecological interpretation of the data along with the figures? For example, does it coincides with what was found in the studies/what additional details can we learn from the ziggurats?
Thanks very much for this interesting approach of looking at mutualistic networks (and the k-magnitudes!).
Hi Wifredo,
I am not an ecologist so any interpretation in that sense would be very daring. From the point of view of network science and mutualism, we found that k-radius is a measure of compactness (how far are species from the generalist core). In this sense, it resembles nestedness, and both magnitudes show a high correlation.
Regards,
Javier
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Thanks very much, I'm looking forward to reading your thesis.
Gracias!
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