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enaR : An r package for Ecosystem Network Analysis
Author(s) -
Borrett Stuart R.,
Lau Matthew K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
methods in ecology and evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.425
H-Index - 105
ISSN - 2041-210X
DOI - 10.1111/2041-210x.12282
Subject(s) - r package , food web , ecosystem , ecological network , computer science , ecology , network analysis , set (abstract data type) , ecosystem model , network theory , data science , biology , engineering , mathematics , statistics , computational science , electrical engineering , programming language
Summary Network analysis is a useful approach for investigating complex and relational data in many fields including ecology, molecular and evolutionary biology. Here, we introduce enaR , an r package for Ecosystem Network Analysis (ENA). ENA is an analytical tool set rooted in ecosystem ecology with over 30 years of development that examines the structure and dynamics of matter and energy movement between discrete ecological compartments (e.g. a food web). In addition to describing the primary functionality of the package, we highlight several features including a library of 100 empirical ecosystem models, the ability to analyse and compare multiple models simultaneously, and connections to other ecological network analysis tools in r .