Improved estimation of neutral model parameters for multiple samples with different degrees of dispersal limitation

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 847-852

  Etienne, Rampal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Etienne sampling formula; Ewens sampling formula; Fundamental biodiversity number; Fundamental dispersal number; Maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61449138096     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0750.1     Document Type: Article

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