A comparison of five distance-based methods for spatial pattern analysis

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 411-416

  Liu, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Distance sampling; Monte Carlo simulation; Nearest neighbour; Randomness; Statistic

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034804574     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236855     Document Type: Article

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