A self-similarity model for the occupancy frequency distribution

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-70

  Hui, Cang ^a   McGeoch, Melodie A ^b  

^a Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology ^*  (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Core satellite hypothesis; Fractal dimension; Macroecology; Range size distribution; Spatial scaling

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; FRACTALS; GENE FREQUENCY; MODELS, GENETIC; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33751007528     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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