Trivial and non-trivial applications of entropy maximization in ecology: Shipley's reply

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1279-1280

  Shipley, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENTROPY;

EID: 68149094134     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17773.x     Document Type: Article

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