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Species distributions and area relationships.
Thompson, C J; Lee, T E; McCarthy, M A.
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  • Thompson CJ; Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.
  • Lee TE; School of Botany, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; Biomathematics Unit, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel. Electronic address: tamsin.lee@maths.ox.ac.uk.
  • McCarthy MA; School of Botany, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.
J Theor Biol ; 363: 129-33, 2014 Dec 21.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25150460
ABSTRACT
The well-known species-area relationship is one of many scaling laws, or allometries, in ecology and biology that have received much attention over the years. We present a new derivation of this relationship based on Yule׳s theory of evolution of species. Using definitions of mutation rates, our analysis yields species-area exponents that are in close agreement with previously observed values.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Demography / Ecosystem / Genetic Speciation / Biological Evolution / Models, Biological Type of study: Prognostic_studies Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude Language: En Journal: J Theor Biol Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Australia
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Demography / Ecosystem / Genetic Speciation / Biological Evolution / Models, Biological Type of study: Prognostic_studies Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude Language: En Journal: J Theor Biol Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Australia