12 Pedodiversity
6.3 Abundance distribution models
The distribution of the number of species within a community has long
been regarded of great importance in the study of community structure.
Although there are numerous models available in the literature, the
following are most common: (i) geometric series; (ii) logarithmic series;
(iii) log-normal distribution; and (iv) the “broken stick” model (Magurran
1988). The behaviour of these distributions is usually ...