Networkmaps
by Jason S Norman on May 22, 2009
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A brief introduction to network mapping tools and potential uses.
A brief introduction to network mapping tools and potential uses.
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Antonio Teixeira
That's a really interesting question and probably requires a much more detailed answer than this....
I think that social networks are an early form of the type of network that exists behind an ecosystem. Up until the 'human' factor, ecosystems developed over millennia and the interdependencies of species with each other together with key 'nodal' points became highly effective. Interestingly, the 'human' factor is now similar to the example in the slide show - we're effectively severing the links of an efficient network when we do our 'human thing'. Like the network funding example with the US that ceases to give, the ecosystem network re-adjusts to our human activities but it can only do so by so much. In certain areas our effect is too great and the network can't compensate - the result being a collapse.
You could certainly use this tool to develop an ecosystem network which would highlight the effect of severing links between nodes. e.g. what would happen if we lost a species of plant that happened to be a nodal point for a species of insect that pollenated another flower (was a link between nodes) from another part of the ecosystem?
You could certainly apply the technique to draw up a network for the area you're working in that might help illustrate the importance of inter-dependencies.
Jason 3 years ago Reply