Point patterns of tree distribution determined by habitat heterogeneity and dispersal limitation

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Lin, Yi Ching ^a   Chang, Li Wan ^b   Yang, Kuoh Cheng ^c   Wang, Hsiang Hua ^b   Sun, I Fang ^a  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Forest dynamics plots; Habitat associations; Point pattern analysis; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78650748845     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1718-x     Document Type: Article

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