Statistical mechanics unifies different ecological patterns

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-403

  Dewar, Roderick C ^a   Porté, Annabel ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance distribution; Biodiversity; Community ecology; Relative entropy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENTROPY; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; GRASSLAND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENTROPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 40849086149     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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