Models of relative abundance distributions I: Model fitting by stochastic models

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-157

  Ulrich, W ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Confidence limits; Least squares; Model fit; Power fraction; Random fraction; Relative abundance distribution; Sample size; Sugihara fraction; Zipf Mandelbrot distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MODELING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034943431     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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