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Interestingly, network specialization and the modularity tended to decrease with the increase of sampling effort, while all the other network descriptors tended to increase along with the sampling effort.

In this study we empirically evaluated how variation in sampling effort (comparing cumulative vs monthly sampled networks) influences the values of network descriptors more frequently used in the literature (i.e. number of links per species, network size, diversity of interactions, network specialization, robustness, nestedness, and modularity).

Seven are network-level parameters: species richness (S); connectance (C); interaction strength asymmetry (IAc), corrected for network asymmetry; interaction evenness (IE); complementary network specialization (H 2 ′ ) ; nestedness [weighted nestedness based on overlap and decreasing fill (WNODF ]; and modularity (M).

A larger own-country network reduces specialization in these households.

Gene duplication may drive the modularization of functional network through specialization, thereby disentangling cellular systems.

Simulations of artificially generated random associations (see Methods: Simulation of sampling effort and matrix architecture) confirm that the network-level specialization index H2' is largely unaffected by network size (Fig. 3A), network architecture (Fig. 3B) or total number of interactions (m) for a fixed matrix size (Fig. 3C).

We conclude that there is an ever-changing limit to the expansion of supplier networks through specialization and cost efficiency, and that at one point contracting and integrating parts of the supply network will create operationally outperforming business models that further boost the inherent dynamics of supply networks.

The hypothesis evaluated was that land use intensification changes the structure of the original networks by modifying species richness and the network degree of specialization.

It is interesting to note that the ecological and network concepts of specialization used in our study revealed contrasting relationships.

Incorporating interaction frequency or even a direct measure of interaction strength in a network measure of specialization would thus provide an important progress frequently called for.

Therefore, in contrast to pollination networks, low complementary specialization does indeed seem to be a common property of seed dispersal networks.