Spatial point-pattern analysis for detecting density-dependent competition in a boreal chronosequence of Alberta

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-106

  Gray, Laura ^a   He, Fangliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Marked correlation function; Ripley's K(t); Species distribution; Succession

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION FUNCTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RIPLEY'S K; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

COMPETITION;

BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY GAP; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSPECIFIC; CORRELATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

ALBERTA; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; CORRELATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 71849110673     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.048     Document Type: Article

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