Stochastic model for the species abundance problem in an ecological community

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-

  Pigolotti, Simone ^a,b   Flammini, Alessandro ^b,c   Maritan, Amos ^b,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; THEOREM PROVING;

CONTINUUM LIMIT; HISTOGRAMS; MASTER EQUATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 37649027400     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.011916     Document Type: Article

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