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On A.J. Underwood's model for a random pattern

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Three different “random” spatial models, incorrectly treated as identical by Underwood (1978), are described and their distinctness noted.

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Pielou, E.C. On A.J. Underwood's model for a random pattern. Oecologia 44, 143–144 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346413

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