Hello everyone,
I am facing a difficulty in making tripartite network in R software through bipartite package. I used both "plotweb2" function and also "plotweb" function with "add=TRUE" parameter. But the same problem appeared in both cases. I have plant vs. pollinator binary data matrix and plant vs. pest binary data matrix. But some plants interacted with pollinators and some interacted with pest insects. Not all plants interacted with all types of insects. The problem is, when I construct the graph, some plants are plotted and some are not. That is why some links from one trophic level do not make connection rather are floating. It is happening because the middle boxes (plants in my case) are plotted with respect to one network and that's why some of the links from the other network remain unattached. When I set "low.plot=TRUE" then I understand the problem. This makes all the middle boxes show up for the second network.
I am attaching the image (Rplot02.jpeg) for better understanding. I am also attaching the image (default.jpeg) of default output. Bees are denoted by b1-b15; plants are denoted by p1-p38 and pests are denoted by n1-n22.
Please help me out.
Thank you in advance.
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