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Linearity and Scaling of a Statistical Model for the Species Abundance Distribution

Statistical Mechanics 2013-05-29 v1 q-bio

Abstract

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.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0107076,
  title  = {Linearity and Scaling of a Statistical Model for the Species Abundance Distribution},
  author = {Hector Garcia Martin and Nigel Goldenfeld},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0107076},
  year   = {2013}
}