Resources

Starting with Ecosystem Network Analysis can be challenging. While software tools like enaR are designed to make applying the analyses simple, the challenge of interpreting the results remains. Here are some suggested readings to help new users get started.

##Background Reading

• Borrett, S.R. and M. Lau. 2014. enaR: An R package for Ecological Network Analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5: 1206-1213.

• Fath, B.D., and Patten, B.C., 1999. Review of the foundations of network environ analysis.. Ecosystems, 2:167-179.

• Ulanowicz, R.E. 2004. Quantitative methods for ecological network analysis. Computational Biology and Chemistry, 28:321-339.

• Kazanci, C. 2007. EcoNet: A new software for ecological modeling, simulation and network analysis. Ecological Modelling, 208:3–8.

• Schramski, J.R., Kazanci, C. and Tollner, E.W. 2011. Network environ theory, simulation and EcoNet© 2.0. Environmental Modelling & Software, 26:419–428.

• Borrett, S. R., Moody, J., and Edelmann, A. 2014. The rise of Network Ecology: Maps of the topic diversity and scientific collaboration. Ecological Modelling, 293:111-127. (link to arXiv version)

• Fath, B.D. and S.R. Borrett. 2006. A MATLAB® function for network environ analysis. Environmental Modelling & Software, 21:375-405.

##Example Applications

• Bondavalli, C. and R.E. Ulanowicz. 1999. Unexpected effects of predators upon their prey: The case of the American Alligator. Ecosystems, 2:49-63.

• Small, G. E., Sterner, R. W., & Finlay, J. C. 2014. An Ecological Network Analysis of nitrogen cycling in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Ecological Modelling, 293: 150-160.

• Hines, D. E., Lisa, J. A., Song, B., Tobias, C. R., & Borrett, S. R. 2015). Estimating the effects of seawater intrusion on an estuarine nitrogen cycle by comparative network analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 524: 137-154.