Statistical mechanics unifies different ecological patterns

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.12.007zbMath1398.92272arXivq-bio/0703061OpenAlexW2085140293WikidataQ33317679 ScholiaQ33317679MaRDI QIDQ1788661

Roderick C. Dewar, Annabel Porté

Publication date: 8 October 2018

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0703061

zbMATH Keywords

relative entropybiodiversitycommunity ecologyabundance distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ecology (92D40) Equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B99)

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