Data of temporal host-parasite network. Original publication: Pilosof S, et al. Nature Ecol Evol 2017.

Please cite us when using these data:<br>Pilosof S, Porter MA, Pascual M, Kefi S. The multilayer nature of ecological networks. (2017) Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution. <br><br>A temporal network that encodes the infection of 22 small mammalian host species by 56 ectoparasite species (mites and fleas) during six consecutive summers in Siberia (1982--1987), giving 6 different layers for a temporal multilayer network. Not all species occur in all years. The data set also includes the number of host specimens collected in the field and the number of parasites recovered from each host specimen. We use these individual-level estimates of host and parasite abundances, respectively, to determine the weights of intralayer and interlayer edges (see the R code). <br>Previous versions of this data set were used in:1. Krasnov, B. R., Matthee, S., Lareschi, M., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P. &amp; Vinarski, M. V. Co-occurrence of ectoparasites on rodent hosts: null model analyses of data from three continents. <i>Oikos</i> <b>119,</b> 120–128 (2010).<br>2. Pilosof, S., Fortuna, M. A., Vinarski, M. V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P. &amp; Krasnov, B. R. Temporal dynamics of direct reciprocal and indirect effects in a host-parasite network. <i>J. Anim. Ecol.</i> <b>82,</b> 987–996 (2013).