Links between the species abundance distribution and the shape of the corresponding rank abundance curve

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Izsák, János ^a   Pavoine, Sandrine ^b,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curve shape; Macroecology; Pseudo RAC; Rank abundance curve; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONVEX SEGMENTS; CURVE SHAPE; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INFLEXION POINT; LOG-NORMAL; MACROECOLOGY; MULTI-SPECIES; MULTI-SPECIES COMMUNITIES; PSEUDO-RAC; RANK ABUNDANCE CURVE; SPECIES ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSIONAL PROCESS;

ECOLOGY; TEXTBOOKS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOMETRY; HABITAT TYPE; HISTOGRAM; LINEARITY; MACROECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80053174661     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.06.030     Document Type: Article

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