Improving the effectiveness of angular dispersion in plant neighbourhood models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1649-1654

  Richards, M L A ^a   Aitkenhead, M J ^b   McDonald, A J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular dispersion; Competition index; Neighbourhood models; Spatial arrangement

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DISPERSIONS;

ANGULAR DISPERSIONS; COMPETITION INDEX; COMPETITION MODEL; DIRECTIONAL COMPONENT; GROWTH MODELS; MINIMUM VALUE; NEIGHBOURHOOD MODELS; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

COMPETITION; DISPERSIONS; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79953035672     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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