The gambin model provides a superior fit to species abundance distributions with a single free parameter: Evidence, implementation and interpretation

Ecography

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1002-1011

  Matthews, Thomas J ^a,c   Borregaard, Michael K ^a   Ugland, Karl I ^e   Borges, Paulo A V ^c   Rigal, François ^c   Cardoso, Pedro ^c,d   Whittaker, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84927569939     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00861     Document Type: Article

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