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Stochastic communities : a mathematical theory of biodiversity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dewdney, A. K. (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Species diversity > Mathematical models.
Population biology > Mathematical models.
Stochastic models.
Diversité des espèces > Modèles mathématiques.
Biologie des populations > Modèles mathématiques.
Modèles stochastiques.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Population biology > Mathematical models
Species diversity > Mathematical models
Stochastic models
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The J-curve and the J distribution
  • The J distribution and its variations
  • Sampling in practice and in theory
  • Compiling and analyzing field data
  • Predictions from data
  • Extending the sample
  • Stochastic Systems and the stochastic community
  • The meta-study: a review
  • Fossil J-curves
  • Summary of theory and open problems.