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dent units but instead as parts of a larger, more complex, network of interacting
pieces. The structural properties which describe these interactions | food webs,
mutualistic networks, and spatial networks | have begun to take shape, but the
understanding of these networks' dynamics is only just beginning. We have pro-
vided but a few examples of where work on ecological network dynamics can lead
us. Wherever this happens to be, the future is bright, the potential results critical,
and the possibilities endless.
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