%0 Journal Article
%T Taylor¡¯s Power Law for Ecological Communities¡ªAn Explanation on Nonextensive/Nonlinear Statistical Grounds
%A Jo£¿o D. T. Arruda-Neto
%A Henriette Righi
%A Marcos Antonio G. Cascino
%A Godofredo C. Genofre
%A Joel Mesa
%J Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics
%P 762-770
%@ 2327-4379
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jamp.2014.28084
%X <p align=\"justify\">
	<span style=\"font-family:;\" Cambria?,?serif?;?=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">A new idea on how to conceptually interpret the so-called Taylor¡¯s power </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">law for ecological communities is presented. The core of our approach is based </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">on nonextensive/nonlinear statistical concepts, which are shown to be at the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">genesis of all power laws, particularly when a system is constituted by long-range </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">interacting elements. In this context, the ubiquity of the Taylor¡¯s power law </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">is discussed and addressed by showing that long-range interactions are at the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">heart of the internal dynamics of populations.</span></span><br />
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%K Taylor¡¯s Law
%K Long-Range Interaction
%K Population Variabilities
%K Ecological Complexity
%K Ecological Nonlinearity
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47577