EcologybioRxiv
Heavy-tailed abundance distributions from stochastic Lotka-Volterra models
L. Descheemaeker, J. Grilli, S. de Buyl
The paper shows how heavy-tailed abundance distributions in microbial communities emerge from stochastic Lotka-Volterra models with a global maximal capacity and specific parameter distributions.
DOI 10.1103/physreve.104.034404