Trivial and non-trivial applications of entropy maximization in ecology: A reply to Shipley

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1270-1278

  Haegeman, Bart ^a   Loreau, Michel ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTROPY;

EID: 68149126517     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17560.x     Document Type: Article

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