Spatial patterns and associations of six congeneric species in an old-growth temperate forest

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  Zhang, Jian ^a,b   Song, Bo ^c   Li, Bu Hang ^a,b   Ye, Ji ^a   Wang, Xu Gao ^a   Hao, Zhan Qing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Comparative ecology; Maple; Pair correlation function; Point pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

ACER;

EID: 73649104043     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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