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Stochastic communities : a mathematical theory of biodiversity

By A. K , Dewdney

Book information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781315283449, 1315283441, 1138197025, 978-1-138-19702-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3905411 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
193\208
Time added
2017-06-25 19:00:00
Species diversity;Mathematical models;Population b

Description

Stochastic Communities presents a theory of biodiversity by analyzing the distribution of abundances among species in the context of a community. The basis of this theory is a distribution called the "J distribution." This distribution is a pure hyperbola and mathematically implied by the "stochastic species hypothesis" assigning equal probabilities of birth and death within the population of each species over varying periods of time. The J distribution in natural communities has strong empirical support resulting from a meta-study and strong theoretical support from a theorem that is mathematically implied by the stochastic species hypothesis.

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