Taylor's power law : order and pattern in nature /

Taylor's Power Law: Order and Pattern in Nature is a broad synthesis of this ubiquitous property of natural and man-made phenomena. This stimulating and approachable work surveys the biological and non-biological empirical data, describes the statistical uses of Taylor's power law (TPL) an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, R. A. J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Academic Press, [2019]
Temas:
Spatial ecology.
�Ecologie spatiale.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Spatial ecology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Spatial pattern
  • Measuring aggregation
  • Fitting TPL.
  • Part II. Microorganisms
  • Plants
  • Nematodes and other worms
  • Other invertebrates
  • Vertebrates
  • Other biological examples
  • Nonbiological examples
  • Counter examples.
  • Part III. Applications of TPL
  • Properties of TPL
  • Allometry and other power laws
  • Modeling TPL
  • Summary and synthesis
  • Epilogue.

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