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So happy to see our paper “Coexistence of #Nestedness and #Modularity in Host-Pathogen Infection #Networks” published in @natecoevo. We uncovered hidden dimensions of infection networks, which challenges established views in #ecology.
nature.com/articles/s4155…
nature.com/articles/s4155…
Our goal was to understand how the environment mediates in the pattern of host-pathogen interactions, i.e., nestedness and modularity. To do so, we gathered empirical data on plant-virus infection networks surveyed at different habitats in central Spain, from 2000 to 2002. 
But standard analyses of bipartite networks reported ambiguous results, and could not explain structural dependence on seasonality and habitat differences. Looking at networks is helpful, but nearly not enough to fully grasp the complexity of natural infections.
