A statistical social network model for consumption data in trophic food webs

dc.contributor.authorChiu, Grace
dc.contributor.authorWestveld, Anton
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T23:19:52Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2016-06-14T08:43:41Z
dc.description.abstractWe adapt existing statistical modeling techniques for social net- works to study consumption data observed in trophic food webs. Thesedatadescribethefeedingvolume(non-negative)amongor- ganisms grouped into nodes, called trophic species, that form the foodweb.Modelcomplexityarisesduetotheextensiveamountof zerosinthedata,aseachnodeinthewebispredator/preytoonly asmallnumberofothertrophicspecies.Manyofthezerosarere- gardedasstructural(non-random)inthecontextoffeedingbehav- ior.Thepresenceofbasalpreyandtoppredatornodes(thosewho never consume and those who are never consumed, with proba- bility 1) creates additional complexity to the statistical modeling. Wedevelopaspecialstatisticalsocialnetworkmodeltoaccountfor suchnetworkfeatures.Themodelisappliedtotwoempiricalfood webs;focusisonthewebforwhichthepopulationsizeofsealsis ofconcerntovariouscommercialfisheries
dc.identifier.issn1572-3127
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/103086
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.sourceStatistical Methodology
dc.titleA statistical social network model for consumption data in trophic food webs
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage160
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage139
local.contributor.affiliationChiu, Grace, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationWestveld, Anton, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidChiu, Grace, u1003134
local.contributor.authoruidWestveld, Anton, u5610009
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor010401 - Applied Statistics
local.identifier.absfor010405 - Statistical Theory
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB14644
local.identifier.citationvolume17
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.stamet.2013.09.001
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84885093397
local.type.statusPublished Version

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