New derivation reduces bias and increases power of Ripley's L index

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 116, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 225-236

  Ward, Jeffrey S ^a   Ferrandino, Francis J ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Stn 123 H ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Binomial distribution; Confidence limits; Edge correction; Long term research; Monte Carlo; Pinus; Poisson distribution; Quercus; Spatial dispersion; Tsuga

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST;

EID: 0033559667     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00173-2     Document Type: Article

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