A method for analysing spatio-temporal pattern in plant establishment, tested on a Populus balsamifera clone

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 620-627

  Little, L R ^a   Dale, M R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advancing front; Autocorrelation; Join count statistics; Plant colonization; Two factor joins

Indexed keywords

PLANT ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COLONIZATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

POPULUS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 0032799023     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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