10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005557.g001 Tad Dallas Tad Dallas Andrew W Park Andrew W Park John M Drake John M Drake The relative importance of each variable in predicting parasite occurrence in the Sevilleta host-parasite network. Public Library of Science 2017 link prediction problem mammal host-parasite network interaction network structure host-parasite networks Networks 2017-05-25 17:26:49 Figure https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/The_relative_importance_of_each_variable_in_predicting_parasite_occurrence_in_the_Sevilleta_host-parasite_network_/5039788 <p>Variable importance is measured as the reduction in predictive power by randomizing each variable, and the resulting variable importance scores are <i>z</i>-scores. Negative scores correspond to the proportional reduction in model performance as a result of variable randomization. Traits are ordered by importance to the predictive model, with the key predictive covariates in the upper left (e.g., litter size).</p>