Mutualistic relationships, that in the past had been long overlooked as fascinating but marginally relevant, are today known to play a crucial role in shaping ecosystems. In this thesis we look into the complexity of how these ecological relationships are intertwined in natural systems, or what Darwin famously called the ‘entangled bank’, from the viewpoint of the network formalism.In the first part of the thesis, we investigate the origin of the architecture of mutualistic networks. In detail, by applying concepts from information theory and statistical physics, we address the question of the emergence of a widespread pattern known as nestedness. By analyzing a large dataset of empirical networks, we show that the interplay of a few minimu...
Nested architecture is distinctive in plant–animal mutualistic networks. However, to date an integra...
We investigate the relationship between the nested organization of mutualistic systems and their rob...
Los organismos vivos se mantienen y reproducen a través de interacciones con individuos de su misma ...
Les interactions mutualistes, qui dans le passé avaient longtemps été considérées comme fascinantes ...
An ecological network represents the interactions between living species within an ecosystem. The kn...
Mutualistic interactions conform the skeleton of many systems widespread in nature, with abundant ex...
This thesis deals with the development of statistical methods for the analysis of collections of int...
Un réseau écologique constitue une représentation de l’ensemble des interactions entre espèces dans ...
In the past years, there have been many advances -but also many debates- around mutualistic communit...
Trying to unravel Darwin's entangled bank further, we describe the architecture of a network involvi...
Plant–animal mutualistic networks sustain terrestrial biodiversity and human food security. Global e...
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2016.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mutualistic interactions, such as the ...
As asymmetric structures of mutualistic networks can potentially contribute to system resilience, e...
A key question of theoretical ecology is which properties of ecosystems favour their stability and h...
Many complex systems arising from nature and human society can be described as complex networks. In ...
Nested architecture is distinctive in plant–animal mutualistic networks. However, to date an integra...
We investigate the relationship between the nested organization of mutualistic systems and their rob...
Los organismos vivos se mantienen y reproducen a través de interacciones con individuos de su misma ...
Les interactions mutualistes, qui dans le passé avaient longtemps été considérées comme fascinantes ...
An ecological network represents the interactions between living species within an ecosystem. The kn...
Mutualistic interactions conform the skeleton of many systems widespread in nature, with abundant ex...
This thesis deals with the development of statistical methods for the analysis of collections of int...
Un réseau écologique constitue une représentation de l’ensemble des interactions entre espèces dans ...
In the past years, there have been many advances -but also many debates- around mutualistic communit...
Trying to unravel Darwin's entangled bank further, we describe the architecture of a network involvi...
Plant–animal mutualistic networks sustain terrestrial biodiversity and human food security. Global e...
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2016.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mutualistic interactions, such as the ...
As asymmetric structures of mutualistic networks can potentially contribute to system resilience, e...
A key question of theoretical ecology is which properties of ecosystems favour their stability and h...
Many complex systems arising from nature and human society can be described as complex networks. In ...
Nested architecture is distinctive in plant–animal mutualistic networks. However, to date an integra...
We investigate the relationship between the nested organization of mutualistic systems and their rob...
Los organismos vivos se mantienen y reproducen a través de interacciones con individuos de su misma ...