If you’ve never played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, take a trip to the Oracle of Bacon, where you can see how far any actor is from Bacon in the Hollywood movie network.
And once you’ve played that game, check out my new article at Yale Environment 360 to see how ecosystems are a lot like Hollywood, at least when it comes to networking.
For more on ecological network theory, check out Jordi Bascompte’s web site.
Originally published January 25, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.