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ArticleNature communications2021

Reconstruction of plant-pollinator networks from observational data.

Jean-Gabriel Young, Fernanda S Valdovinos, M E J Newman

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
9.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jean-Gabriel YoungDepartment of Computer Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. jean-gabriel.young@uvm.edu.
Fernanda S ValdovinosCenter for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5270-5286
M E J NewmanCenter for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0907-1660
University of Michigan · USUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Empirical measurements of ecological networks such as food webs and mutualistic networks are often rich in structure but also noisy and error-prone, particularly for rare species for which observations are sparse. Focusing on the case of plant-pollinator networks, we here describe a Bayesian statistical technique that allows us to make accurate estimates of network structure and ecological metrics from such noisy observational data. Our method yields not only estimates of these quantities, but also estimates of their statistical errors, paving the way for principled statistical analyses of ecological variables and outcomes. We demonstrate the use of the method with an application to previously published data on plant-pollinator networks in the Seychelles archipelago and Kosciusko National Park, calculating estimates of network structure, network nestedness, and other characteristics.

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AlgorithmsModels, BiologicalAnimalsConservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemHost-Parasite InteractionsInsectaNew South WalesParks, RecreationalPlantsPollinationSeychelles

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PMID34162855
PMCPMC8222257
OpenAlexW3177346545

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