Shapes and functions of species-area curves (II): A review of new models and parameterizations

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1435-1445

  Tjørve, Even ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Extended power models; Interaction term; Kobayashi logarithmic; Logistic family; Model choice; Negative exponential family; P2 model; Persistence functions; Species area curves; Trivariate models

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 67651021464     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02101.x     Document Type: Article

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