An extreme-value approach to detect clumping and an application to tropical forest gap-mosaic dynamics

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 671-686

  Sheil, Douglas ^a   Ducey, Mark ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

African rain forest; Aggregation; Asymptotic distribution; Pattern analysis; Permanent sample plot; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; GAP DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

UGANDA;

EID: 0036731901     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467402002444     Document Type: Article

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