ecological network

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ecological
adjective
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/ˌiː.kəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌiː.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to ecology or ...
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network
noun[C]
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/ˈnet.wɜːk/us
/ˈnet.wɝːk/
a large system consisting of many similar parts that are connected together to allow movement or communication between or along the parts, or between the parts and a ...
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(Definition ofecologicalandnetworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Now we can look at the activities in a particular research field as an assembly, or anecologicalnetwork, of experimental systems.
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Degree distribution: the degree distribution of anecologicalnetworkis the cumulative distribution for the number of links each species has.
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These and many related questions require researchers to look across the evolutionary history ofecologicalnetworkformation.
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The many hedges in the village have created a trueecologicalnetwork, essential for wildlife.
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Some ecological networks have been observed to be compartmentalized by body size and by spatial location.
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This links the structure of these ecological networks to the behaviour of individual organisms.
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The stability-diversity debate is a long-standing debate about whether more diverse ecological networks are also more stable.
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Do genetic constraints play a large role in the evolution of ecological networks?
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Currently, ecological networks that integrate non-trophic interactions are being built.
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It also takes account of the energy flows through the different trophic levels in the ecological networks.
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Use of ecological networks makes it possible to analyze the effects of the network properties described above on the stability of an ecosystem.
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Ecological networks, especially mutualistic networks, are generally very heterogeneous, consisting of areas with sparse links among species and distinct areas of tightly linked species.
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Results of this work have identified several important properties of ecological networks.
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In spite of the differences between biological and digital evolution, the study of evolving digital ecological networks can lead to a more predictive understanding of natural dynamics.
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His group has studied implications of these methods for the recovery of lost function in biological and ecological networks and for the control of complex networks in general.
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By tracing the evolution of digital communities and their ecological networks, researchers obtain perfect "fossil records" of how the number and patterns of links among interacting phenotypes evolved.
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Digital ecological networks enable the direct, comprehensive, and real time observation of evolving ecological interactions between antagonistic and/or mutualistic digital organisms that are difficult to study in nature.
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