Effects of data quality on analysis of ecological pattern using the K̂(d) statistical function

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-46

  Freeman, Elizabeth A ^a   David Ford, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Clumping; Data quality; Error analysis; Inhibition; K(d); Point processes; Regularity; Spatial pattern; Spatial statistics; Stem map; Thuja plicata

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; DATA QUALITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 0036141802     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0035:eodqoa]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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