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Some Aspects of Species Diversity Models
Author(s) -
Eberhardt L. L.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1933909
Subject(s) - poisson distribution , diversity (politics) , negative binomial distribution , sequence (biology) , ecology , logarithm , binomial (polynomial) , species diversity , mathematics , geography , statistics , statistical physics , biology , physics , sociology , mathematical analysis , anthropology , genetics
It is suggested that the sequence of frequency distributions including the Poisson, negative binomial, and logarithmic may serve as useful standards for intercomparing the many measures of diversity in use of proposed. MacArthur's "broken—stick" model is shown to fall essentially into this sequence.