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Finding missing links in interaction networks.

J Christopher D Terry¹, Owen T Lewis¹

¹Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, United Kingdom.

|March 29, 2020

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Predicting missing ecological interactions is crucial for understanding community networks. New models accurately identify these links, improving ecological network analysis and research prioritization.

Keywords:

bipartite network ecological network missing links network metrics prediction sampling completeness

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Ecology
Network analysis
Conservation biology

Background:

Documenting species interactions in ecological communities is difficult and time-consuming.
Unrecorded interactions can distort the understanding of ecological network structure and dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of structural models and a novel coverage-deficit model in predicting missing links within bipartite networks.
To assess the impact of incorporating predicted links on the estimation of ecological network metrics.

Main Methods:

Testing four existing structural models and one new coverage-deficit model.
Utilizing both simulated and empirical bipartite ecological networks.
Ensembling multiple models to enhance prediction accuracy.

Main Results:

Structural models demonstrated good performance in predicting missing links, though predictive power varied with network structure.
A new coverage-deficit model also proved effective.
Ensembling models significantly improved prediction accuracy.
Augmenting networks with predicted links enhanced estimates of qualitative network metrics.

Conclusions:

Predictive models, especially when ensembled, can effectively identify missing ecological interactions.
These tools aid in prioritizing research efforts and improving the robustness of ecological network assessments.
Accurate network reconstruction is vital for a deeper understanding of ecological community dynamics.