On nestedness analyses: rethinking matrix temperature and anti-nestedness
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On nestedness analyses: rethinking matrix temperature and anti-nestedness
The analysis of nested structures in sets of species assemblages across different sites or in networks of interspecific interactions has become common practice in ecological studies. Although new analyses and metrics have been proposed, few studies have scrutinized the concepts that subtend nestedness analysis. We note two important conceptual problems that can lead to terminological inconsiste...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oikos
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0030-1299,1600-0706
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15803.x