• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Maximum entropy and ecology : a theory of abundance, distribution, and energetics
  • Beteiligte: Harte, John [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011
  • Erschienen in: Oxford series in ecology and evolution
  • Umfang: 1 online resource (xiii, 257 p.); ill
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199593415.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191774614
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  • Schlagwörter: Ecology Methodology ; Maximum entropy method
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  • Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Beschreibung: This textbook provides readers with the concepts and practical tools required to understand the maximum entropy principle, and apply it to an understanding of ecological patterns. The theory developed predicts realistic forms for all metrics of ecology that describe patterns in the distribution, abundance and energetics of species.