A neutral sampling formula for multiple samples and an 'exact' test of neutrality

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 608-618

  Etienne, Rampal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dispersal limitation; Ewens sampling formula; Likelihood; Metacommunity; Neutral model; Niche differentiation; Sequential construction; Species abundance distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGORITHM; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; NICHE; SAMPLING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PANAMA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COLLECTION; ECOLOGY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANAMA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 34249802090     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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