Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. CHAPTER ONE. Biodiversity and Plant-Animal Coevolution 1
5. CHAPTER TWO. An Introduction to Complex Networks 15
6. CHAPTER THREE. The Structure of Plant-Animal Mutualistic Networks 42
7. CHAPTER FOUR. Ecological and Evolutionary Mechanisms 64
8. CHAPTER FIVE. Mutualistic Networks in Time and Space 87
9. CHAPTER SIX. Consequences of Network Structure 107
10. CHAPTER SEVEN. Epilogue 136
11. APPENDIX A. Indices Used in Mutualistic Network Analyses 139
12. APPENDIX B. Fitting Degree Distributions 143
13. APPENDIX C. Measures of Nestedness 147
14. APPENDIX D. Measures of Modularity 150
15. APPENDIX E. Phylogenetic Methods and Network Analysis 154
16. APPENDIX F. Null Models for Assessing Network Structure 160
17. APPENDIX G. An Analytical Theory of Mutualistic Networks 167
18. APPENDIX H. Software for the Analysis of Complex Networks 175
19. Bibliography 179
20. Index 201
21. Backmatter 207