A test for spatial relationships between neighbouring plants in plots of heterogeneous plant density

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-172

  Couteron, Pierre ^a   Seghieri, Josiane ^b   Chadæuf, Joël ^c  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b CESBIO   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Inhomogeneous Poisson process; Point process; Semi arid vegetation; Spatial pattern; Spatial statistics; Tiger bush; West Africa

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; HETEROGENEITY; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

(WEST); AFRICA;

PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0038083017     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02141.x     Document Type: Article

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