Bimodality in occurrence classes: A direct consequence of lognormal or logarithmic series distribution of abundances a numerical experimentation

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 191-194

  Papp, Läszlo ^a,b   Izsâk, Jànos ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b Berzsenyi College   (Hungary)

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EID: 0000950205     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546107     Document Type: Article

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