<i>R</i>² values for the correlation between various distance metrics and maximal time to extinction as functions of number of vertices.

<p>Panels A and B show curves based on the configuration model with exponent –2; C and D show similar plots for exponent –2.5; E and F are corresponding plots for exponent –3; G shows the coefficients of determination for the Erdős-Rényi model. The abbreviations are explained in the Methods section. All data points are averaged over 1000 networks. Error bars would have been smaller than the symbol size.