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Population Ecology
Published in: Population Ecology 1/2015

01-01-2015 | Special Feature: Review

Analytical theory of species abundance distributions of a random community model

Author: Kei Tokita

Published in: Population Ecology | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

We review the history and recent progress of the analytical theories of a random community models. In particular, we focus on a global stability analysis of replicator equations with random interactions and species abundance distributions based on statistical mechanics.
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Metadata
Title
Analytical theory of species abundance distributions of a random community model
Author
Kei Tokita
Publication date
01-01-2015
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Population Ecology / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1438-3896
Electronic ISSN: 1438-390X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-014-0476-8

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