Understanding the dynamics of an undisturbed tropical rain forest from the spatial pattern of trees

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-108

  Picard, Nicolas ^a   Bar Hen, Avner ^b   Mortier, Frédéric ^a   Chadoeuf, Joël ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Diameter location interaction; French Guiana; Marked point process; Random field model; Ripley K function; Spatial pattern; Virtual stand

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RAINFOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; TROPICAL REGION;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57649114688     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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