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information entropy — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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information entropy

Scope: methodological

Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Knowledge graph centered on information entropy with 70 nodes and 145 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Maximum information entropy: a foundation for ecol, Does sociality drive the evolution of communicativ, Lepidoptera, Evolving communicative complexity: insights from r.

Definition

A quantitative measure of uncertainty about an outcome of a draw from a probability distribution

Related Terms (1)

Shannon-Wiener formula

Publications (4)

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

2021Ecology Lettersmeasured variable

Maximum information entropy: a foundation for ecological theory

2014Trends in Ecology and Evolutionframework

Evolving communicative complexity: insights from rodents and beyond

2012Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciencesframework

Does sociality drive the evolution of communicative complexity? A comparative test with ground-dwelling sciurid alarm calls

1997American Naturalistframework

Related Concepts (10)

metabolic rate distribution over individuals

measurement3 shared papers

ecosystem function

process2 shared papers

alarm communication

process2 shared papers

maximum entropy inference

framework2 shared papers

Species-area relationship

phenomenon2 shared papers

ecological speciation

process1 shared paper

social phenotype

measurement1 shared paper

juvenile growth rate

measurement1 shared paper

space use

measurement1 shared paper

Metabolic Theory of Ecology

theory1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota monax

Sciuridae2 papers

Lepidoptera

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae2 papers

prairie dogs

Spermophilus lateralis

Cliff swallow

Callospermophilus lateralis

Sciuridae1 paper

Otospermophilus beecheyi

Sciuridae1 paper

Urocitellus beldingi

Sciuridae1 paper

Vatellus lateralis

Dytiscidae1 paper