Species abundance in a forest community in South China: A case of poisson lognormal distribution

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 801-810

  Yin, Zuo Yun ^a,b   Ren, Hai ^a   Zhang, Qian Mei ^a   Peng, Shao Lin ^a,c   Guo, Qin Feng ^a,d   Zhou, Guo Yi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve; Forest community; Maximum likelihood estimate (MLE); Reverse J shaped curve; Species abundance distribution (SAD); Value trying method; Zero truncated Poisson lognormal (PLN) distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 24944550758     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2005.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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