Cluster analysis of spatial patterns in malaysian tree species

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 629-644

  Plotkin, Joshua B ^a   Chave, Jérôme ^a   Ashton, Peter S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum percolation; Dispersal limitation; Spatial point processes; Spatial statistics; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0036829876     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342823     Document Type: Article

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