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On a generalization of Morisita's model for estimating the habitat preference

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The Morisita's model for estimating the habitat preference by the ant lionsGenuroides japonicus is generalized by introducing, in addition to the environmental densitiesa andb, a repulsivity parameter ϑ. The probability function of the numberL n of individuals choosing fine sand to settle when a total ofn ant lions are introduced is examined. A heuristic and the minimum chi-square methods for estimating the parametersa, b and ϑ are discussed.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Section of Statistics and O.R., University of Athens, Panepistemiopolis, 157 84, Athens, Greece

    Ch. A. Charalambides & M. V. Koutras

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Charalambides, C.A., Koutras, M.V. On a generalization of Morisita's model for estimating the habitat preference. Ann Inst Stat Math 45, 201–210 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00775807

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