Spatial Pattern Analysis in Plant Ecology

by Dale, Mark R. T.

• ISBN13: 9780511037566
• ISBN10: 0511037562
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-03-04
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The predictability of the physical arrangement of plants, at whatever scale it is viewed, is referred to as their spatial pattern. Spatial pattern is a crucial aspect of vegetation which has important implications not only for the plants themselves, but also for other organisms which interact with plants, such as herbivores and pollinators, or those animals for which plants provide a habitat. This book describes and evaluates methods for detecting and quantifying a variety of characteristics of spatial pattern. As well as discussing the concepts on which these techniques are based, examples from real field studies and worked examples are included, which, together with numerous line figures, help guide the reader through the text. The result is a book that will be of value to graduate students and research workers in the fields of vegetation science, conservation biology and applied ecology.

Table of Contents

Preface

Concepts of spatial pattern

Sampling

Basic methods for one dimension and one species

Spatial pattern of two species

Multispecies pattern

Two-dimensional analysis of spatial pattern

Point patterns

Pattern on an environmental gradient

Conclusions and future directions

References

Index

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