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Maximum Entropy Theory — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Maximum Entropy Theory

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 5

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Knowledge graph centered on Maximum Entropy Theory with 71 nodes and 152 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Lepidoptera, Maximum information entropy: a foundation for ecol, Biodiversity scales from plots to biomes with a un.

Definition

A mathematically proven method of inferring unique, least-biased probability distributions by maximizing information entropy under specified empirical constraints using Lagrange multipliers

Related Terms (2)

MaxEntMaxEnt inference

Publications (5)

DynaMETE: a hybrid MaxEnt-plus-mechanism theory of dynamic macroecology

2021Ecology Letters

Maximum information entropy: a foundation for ecological theory

2014Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Taxon Categories and the Universal Species-Area Relationship

2013The American Naturalist,

Biodiversity scales from plots to biomes with a universal species-area curve

2009Ecology Letters

On the spatial distribution and abundance of herbaceous plants in aspen and conifer forest understories: a test of neutral/statistical versus niche-based theories?

Related Concepts (10)

species-area relationship

theory3 shared papers

species diversity index

measurement3 shared papers

species evenness

metric3 shared papers

average species energy distribution

measurement2 shared papers

Maximum Information Entropy theory

theory2 shared papers

information theory

framework2 shared papers

Population estimation and monitoring

measurement1 shared paper

Public Participation

process1 shared paper

Forest fragmentation

phenomenon1 shared paper

Genetic diversity

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Lepidoptera

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae1 paper

Bacteria

plant communities (unspecified)

small mammals

vascular plants