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Appendices

Appendix A: Details of logarithmic binning, cumulative distribution function fitting, and maximum likelihood estimation.
Ecological Archives E089-052-A1.

Appendix B: Details of reanalysis of results published in Meehan (2006) and Enquist and Niklas (2001).
Ecological Archives A/E/M000-000-A2.

Appendix C: Example of bias resulting from fitting discrete data with continuous maximum likelihood solutions.
Ecological Archives E089-052-A3.

Supplement

Supplement 1: Matlab files for fitting power-law exponents using different methods.
Ecological Archives E089-052-S1.

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