Sampling species abundance distributions: Resolving the veil-line debate

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 600-607

  Chisholm, Ryan A ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

A.K. Dewdney; F.W. Preston; Log normal; Species abundance distribution; Veil line

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 34447503403     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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