A first principles derivation of animal group size distributions

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.04.031zbMath1397.92587OpenAlexW2150461843WikidataQ47376567 ScholiaQ47376567MaRDI QIDQ1783647

G. Richomme

Publication date: 21 September 2018

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.04.031

zbMATH Keywords

truncated power lawlogarithmic distributionmerge and split dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Animal behavior (92D50)

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