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The importance of non-linearity: A comment on the views of Taylor

Authors:	Yosiaki It? and R L Kitching

Institution:	(1) Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Nematology, Nagoya University, 464 Nagoya, Japan;(2) School of Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University, 4111 Nathan, Qld, Australia

Abstract:	Summary Taylor's (1984) view that his power law is better measurement of the distribution pattern of animals than 1/k, I _ρ and $\mathop m\limits^* - m$ relation because almost all the data on means and variances of given species could be fitted by the power low, was critisized. Changes in values of 1/k, I _ρ and $\mathop m\limits^* /m$ suggest the change of distribution pattern of the species, but the data can still be fitted by the power law because of the great linearizing power of log-log plots, and, using the power law only, we shall overlook the information on the meaningful changes in the distribution pattern.

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