Aaron Clauset

Using null models to infer microbial co-occurrence networks

This paper introduces null models to distinguish ecological signals from statistical noise in microbial co-occurrence networks and finds three-way interactions among microbial taxa are statistically significant.

The Evolution of Primate Body Size: Left-skewness, Maximum Size, and Cope’s Rule

The paper analyzes primate body size evolution over 66 million years, finding a left-skewed distribution and a reversal of Cope’s Rule 40 million years ago.

Untangling the roles of parasites in food webs with generative network models

The paper uses generative network models to assess how parasite interactions differ from free-living species interactions in food webs, finding parasite-host interactions are distinct.

Exploring community structure in biological networks with random graphs

The paper develops a generative model to create random graphs with specified community structures and uses it to benchmark community detection algorithms and generate null models for biological networks.