On the statistical mechanics of species abundance distributions

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-91

  Bowler, Michael G ^a   Kelly, Colleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Idiosyncrasy; Neutrality; Species abundance; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; NEUTRALIZATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84863861674     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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