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000096197 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1002/ece3.6663
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000096197 100__ $$aPayrató-Borràs, C.
000096197 245__ $$aMeasuring nestedness: A comparative study of the performance of different metrics
000096197 260__ $$c2020
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000096197 5203_ $$aNestedness is a property of interaction networks widely observed in natural mutualistic communities, among other systems. A perfectly nested network is characterized by the peculiarity that the interactions of any node form a subset of the interactions of all nodes with higher degree. Despite a widespread interest on this pattern, no general consensus exists on how to measure it. Instead, several nestedness metrics, based on different but not necessarily independent properties of the networks, coexist in the literature, blurring the comparison between ecosystems. In this work, we present a detailed critical study of the behavior of six nestedness metrics and the variants of two of them. In order to evaluate their performance, we compare the obtained values of the nestedness of a large set of real networks among them and against a maximum-entropy and maximum-likelihood null model. We also analyze the dependencies of each metrics on different network parameters, as size, fill, and eccentricity. Our results point out, first, that the metrics do not rank networks universally in terms of their degree of nestedness. Furthermore, several metrics show significant dependencies on the network properties considered. The study of these dependencies allows us to understand some of the observed systematic shifts against the null model. Altogether, this paper intends to provide readers with a critical guide on how to measure nestedness patterns, by explaining the functioning of several metrics and disclosing their qualities and flaws. Besides, we also aim to extend the application of null models based on maximum entropy to the scarcely explored area of ecological networks. Finally, we provide a fully documented repository that allows constructing the null model and calculating the studied nestedness indexes. In addition, it provides the probability matrices to build the null model for a large dataset of more than 200 bipartite networks.
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000096197 591__ $$aEVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY$$b25 / 50 = 0.5$$c2020$$dQ2$$eT2
000096197 591__ $$aECOLOGY$$b70 / 166 = 0.422$$c2020$$dQ2$$eT2
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000096197 593__ $$aEcology$$c2020$$dQ1
000096197 593__ $$aNature and Landscape Conservation$$c2020$$dQ1
000096197 593__ $$aEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics$$c2020$$dQ1
000096197 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
000096197 700__ $$aHernández, L.
000096197 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0895-1893$$aMoreno, Y.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000096197 7102_ $$12004$$2405$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Teórica$$cÁrea Física Teórica
000096197 773__ $$g10, 21 (2020), 11906-11921$$pEcology and evolution$$tEcology and Evolution$$x2045-7758
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