EcologyScientific ReportsPeer-reviewed
On the proportional abundance of species: Integrating population genetics and community ecology
P. A. Marquet, G. Espinoza, S. R. Abades…·R. Rebolledo
This paper develops a stochastic model to derive the species proportional abundance distribution (SPAD) and shows it follows a beta distribution, analogous to gene frequency distributions in population genetics.
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-17070-1