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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Dears
members of socnet list,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">I am going
to compares several environmental networks. From preliminary analysis I noted
that the environmental networks in my dataset have formed by a different number
of associations (for example un network formed by 90 associations and another
is formed by 10 associations).<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Can I
compares networks with the difference size (about the number of associations
involved)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Could you
suggest me some articles about this methodological issue?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Thank you
in advance for any help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Best
regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Chiara
Broccatelli (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>
 of <st1:placename w:st="on">Trento</st1:placename></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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