Linearity and scaling of a statistical model for the species abundance distribution.
We derive a linear recursion relation for the species abundance distribution in a statistical model of ecology and demonstrate the existence of a scaling solution.
Martin
Hector Garcia
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Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
Goldenfeld
Nigel
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D000465:Algorithms; D004463:Ecology; D016014:Linear Models; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics