Spatial point-pattern analysis as a powerful tool in identifying pattern-process relationships in plant ecology: an updated review

M Ben-Said - Ecological Processes, 2021 - Springer
Background Ecological processes such as seedling establishment, biotic interactions, and
mortality can leave footprints on species spatial structure that can be detectable through …

Tree spatial patterns in fire-frequent forests of western North America, including mechanisms of pattern formation and implications for designing fuel reduction and …

AJ Larson, D Churchill - Forest Ecology and Management, 2012 - Elsevier
Restoring characteristic fire regimes and forest structures are central objectives of many
restoration and fuel reduction projects. Within-stand spatial pattern is a fundamental attribute …

[PDF][PDF] Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

MG Turner - 2001 - lepicolea.wordpress.com
They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

Restoring forest resilience: from reference spatial patterns to silvicultural prescriptions and monitoring

DJ Churchill, AJ Larson, MC Dahlgreen… - Forest Ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Stand-level spatial pattern influences key aspects of resilience and ecosystem function such
as disturbance behavior, regeneration, snow retention, and habitat quality in frequent-fire …

Ecological information from spatial patterns of plants: insights from point process theory

R Law, J Illian, DFRP Burslem, G Gratzer… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 This article reviews the application of some summary statistics from current
theory of spatial point processes for extracting information from spatial patterns of plants …

An evaluation of the state of spatial point pattern analysis in ecology

E Velázquez, I Martínez, S Getzin, KA Moloney… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last two decades spatial point pattern analysis (SPPA) has become increasingly
popular in ecological research. To direct future work in this area we review studies using …

Beyond description: the active and effective way to infer processes from spatial patterns

EJB McIntire, A Fajardo - Ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological processes that create spatial patterns have been examined by direct
measurement and through measurement of patterns resulting from experimental …

Heterogeneity influences spatial patterns and demographics in forest stands

S Getzin, T Wiegand, K Wiegand, F He - Journal of Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 The spatial pattern of tree species retains signatures of factors and processes
such as dispersal, available resource patches for establishment, competition and …

Characteristics of the Spatial Pattern of the Dengue Vector, Aedes aegypti, in Iquitos, Peru

A Getis, AC Morrison, K Gray, TW Scott - Perspectives on Spatial Data …, 2010 - Springer
We determine the spatial pattern of Aedes aegypti and the containers in which they develop
in two neighborhoods of the Amazonian city of Iquitos, Peru. Four variables were examined …

Discovery of fairy circles in Australia supports self-organization theory

S Getzin, H Yizhaq, B Bell… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Vegetation gap patterns in arid grasslands, such as the “fairy circles” of Namibia, are one of
nature's greatest mysteries and subject to a lively debate on their origin. They are …