Spatial analysis for continuously changing point patterns along a gradient and its application to an Abies sachalinensis population

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 180, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 359-369

  Shimatani, Kenichiro ^a   Kubota, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Gap dynamics; Inhomogeneous Poisson process; Neyman Scott process; Patch structure; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; GAP DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ABIES; ABIES SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 4744348500     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.04.036     Document Type: Article

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