Taylor's Power Law
Order and Pattern in Nature
by R.A.J. Taylor
1st Edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780128109878 |
| eText ISBN | 9780128109885 |
| Publisher | Academic Press |
| Publishing Year | 2019 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 657 |
Taylor's Power Law: Order and Pattern in Nature, 1st Edition, provides a dedicated reference on the relationship connecting the variability of a process or population to its average value. The book establishes an analytical foundation for examining this phenomenon across scientific disciplines.
Coverage outlines the law's origins in insect studies and its role as an ecological law describing spatial and temporal population distributions. The text also reviews its manifestation across broader fields, including physics, genetics, astronomy, and economics.
Designed for researchers across biological and physical sciences, the volume gathers proposals and models from hundreds of contributors to evaluate the properties, scope, and limitations of the law.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Spatial pattern
Chapter 3: Measuring aggregation
Chapter 4: Fitting TPL
Chapter 5: Microorganisms
Chapter 6: Plants
Chapter 7: Nematodes and other worms
Chapter 8: Insects and other arthropods
Chapter 9: Other invertebrates
Chapter 10: Vertebrates
Chapter 11: Other biological examples
Chapter 12: Nonbiological examples
Chapter 13: Counter examples
Chapter 14: Applications of TPL
Chapter 15: Properties of TPL
Chapter 16: Allometry and other power laws
Chapter 17: Modeling TPL
Chapter 18: Summary and synthesis
Chapter 19: Epilogue
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