Abstract
The complex, interconnected structure and function of ecological systems is apparent in their countless direct and indirect pathways of energy (e.g., a food web), mass (e.g., a movement corridor), and information (e.g., a social network). This Ignite ESA Session united multiple fields of ecology through the lens of a single, rapidly evolving, analytical framework: network analysis. This session examined basic and applied ecological problems in both naturally formed and anthropogenically altered networks of interactions. In particular, diverse examples were presented from disease transmission, social behavior, mutualistic interactions, and species migration. The five-minute, Ignite ESA format provided a fitting outlet for rapid presentation of methods, and opened lines of communication between somewhat disparate fields of study.
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