Table 2.

Differences in topological characteristics between single‐kingdom networks and the within‐kingdom subsets of the multi‐kingdom network

Network type	Node Number	Edge Number	Mean connectivity	Modularity	Average path length
Single‐kingdom networks
Plants	102	88	1.7	0.840	2.46
Nematodes	34	0	0	0	0
Fungi	178	286	3.2	0.695	5.81
Bacteria	1160	15824	27.3	0.208	2.67
Archaea	76	50	1.3	0.847	2.46
Within‐kingdom subsets of multi‐kingdom network
Plants	102	262	5.1	0.615	3.62
Nematodes	34	30	1.8	0.595	3.57
Fungi	178	771	8.7	0.355	2.69
Bacteria	1160	16010	27.6	0.212	2.63
Archaea	76	187	4.9	0.436	2.98