A generalized approach to the modeling of the species-area relationship.

This paper proposes a statistical generalized species-area model (GSAM) to represent various patterns of species-area relationship (SAR), which is one of the fundamental patterns in ecology. The approach enables the generalization of many preliminary models, as power-curve model, which is commonly u...

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Main Authors: Katiane Silva Conceição, Werner Ulrich, Carlos Alberto Ribeiro Diniz, Francisco Aparecido Rodrigues, Marinho Gomes de Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4149369?pdf=render