A simple method to fit geometric series and broken stick models in community ecology and island biogeography

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Broken stick; Geometric series; Island biogeography; Rank abundance plots; Regression analysis; Species abundance distributions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 29144529091     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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