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Pattern detection in plant populations through the analysis of plant-to-all-plants distances

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A method of sampling and analysis is proposed to detect pattern parameters in plant populations from two-dimensional data. the use of aerial photographs to find the coordinates of trees and the measurements of plant-to-all-plants distances yields conditioned probability spectra which can be interpreted in terms of pattern parameters. Two artificial populations and a set of real data have been analysed to test the accuracy of the method.

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    E. F. Galiano

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Galiano, E.F. Pattern detection in plant populations through the analysis of plant-to-all-plants distances. Vegetatio 49, 39–43 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051564

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