Species area relations generated by theoretical relative abundance distributions: Parameter values, model fit and relation to species saturation studies

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-77

  Ulrich, W ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Log series; Power fraction; Proportional sampling; Random fraction; Relative abundance distribution; Species saturation; Species area relation; Sugihara fraction; Zipf Mandelbrot distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0035104508     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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