title: Networks and webs in ecosystems and financial systems.
abstract: This paper briefly outlines our growing understanding of the relationships between the network structure of ecological networks--both in mathematical models and in the real world--and their consequent dynamical properties. These are interesting, inter alia, because they affect the system's ability to withstand disturbance, whether natural or human-created. The paper also sketches recent interest in the potential relevance of this work to 'systemic risk' and regulatory measures in banking systems, emphasizing the similarities and differences. I conclude with some cautions against drawing excessively general conclusions from any such models.
authors: Zoology Department, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. robert.may@zoo.ox.ac.uk
authors: Robert M
authors: RM
authors: May
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017753:Ecosystem; D005376:Financial Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020407:Internet; D008954:Models, Biological; D018803:Models, Economic