Spatial associations among tree species in a temperate forest community in North-western Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-465

  Martínez, Isabel ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^a   González Taboada, Fernando ^b   Obeso, José Ramón ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fagus sylvatica; Fleshy fruited trees; Nearest neighbour function; Pair correlation function; Spatial point patterns; Temperate deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

FAGUS SYLVATICA; FLESHY-FRUITED TREES; NEAREST NEIGHBOUR; PAIR CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; SPATIAL POINT PATTERN; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

BYPRODUCTS; CORRELATION; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; SPAIN; TAXUS BACCATA; TREES;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CORYLUS; CORYLUS AVELLANA; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 77954176636     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.039     Document Type: Article

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