Shapes and functions of species-area curves: A review of possible models

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 827-835

  Tjørve, Even ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asymptotic regression; Beta P distribution; Chapman Richards; Extreme value; Gompertz; Logistic; Monod; Morgan Mercer Flodin; Negative exponential; Rational function; Species area curves; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0038719959     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00877.x     Document Type: Review

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