Forms and genesis of species abundance distributions
Species abundance distribution (SAD) is one of the most important metrics in community ecology. SAD curves take a hollow or hyperbolic shape in a histogram plot with many rare species and only a few common species. In general, the shape of SAD is largely log-normally distributed, although the mechan...
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| Language: | English |
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International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Computational Ecology and Software |
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| Online Access: | http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/ces/articles/2015-5(4)/forms-and-genesis-of-species-abundance-distributions.pdf |