The spatial organization of plant communities in a deciduous forest : A computational-geometry-based analysis

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-375

  Joshi, N V ^a   Suresh, H S ^a   Dattaraja, H S ^a   Sukumar, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FORESTRY; SAMPLING; TRIANGULATION;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DELAUNAY TRIANGULATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; VORONOI TESSELLATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 0031177298     PISSN: 09704140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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