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The Relation Between the Number of Species and the Number of Individuals in a Random Sample of an Animal Population

R. A. Fisher, A. Steven Corbet, C. B. Williams

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R. A. Fisher, A. Steven Corbet, C. B. Williams, The Relation Between the Number of Species and the Number of Individuals in a Random Sample of an Animal Population, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 12, No. 1 (May, 1943), pp. 42-58

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R. A. Fisher, A. Steven Corbet, C. B. Williams, The Relation Between the Number of Species and the Number of Individuals in a Random Sample of an Animal Population, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 12, No. 1 (May, 1943), pp. 42-58

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R. A. Fisher, A. Steven Corbet, C. B. Williams, The Relation Between the Number of Species and the Number of Individuals in a Random Sample of an Animal Population, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 12, No. 1 (May, 1943), pp. 42-58

Key concepts: Mathematics, Series (stratigraphy), Statistics, Logarithm, Population, Global biodiversity, Sample size determination, Biology

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