Modelling dimensionality in species abundance distributions: Description and evaluation of the Gambin model

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-324

  Ugland, Karl I ^a   Lambshead, P John D ^b   McGill, Brian ^c   Gray, John S ^a   O'Dea, Niall ^d   Ladle, Richard J ^d   Whittaker, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gambin model; Gamma distribution; Log series distribution; Lognormal distribution; Macroecology; Species abundance distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947682769     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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