Modeling the spatial structure of topical forests

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 110; no. 1; pp. 293 - 314
• Main Authors: Batista, João L.F., A. Maguire, Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 05.10.1998; Elsevier
• Subjects: AMENAGEMENT FORESTIER; Biological and medical sciences; BOSQUE TROPICAL; Brazil; canopy; Dendrometry. Forest inventory; DISTRIBUCION ESPACIAL; DISTRIBUTION SPATIALE; disturbed soils; ecological succession; FOREST MANAGEMENT; Forestry; FORET TROPICALE; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Inhomogeneous Poisson process; K-function; mathematical models; MODELE; MODELOS; mortality; Neyman–Scott process; ORDENACION FORESTAL; plant competition; Point process model; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; Spatial pattern modeling; stand structure; TROPICAL FORESTS; South America; Brazil; America; Spatial pattern modeling; K-function; Forest management; Neyman–Scott process; Inhomogeneous Poisson process; Point process model; Forest stand; Tropical forest; Vegetation dynamics; Simulation model; Spatial variation; Vegetation structure

The spatial structure of tropical forest stands under different management conditions was modeled as a series of different spatial point processes. Spatial patterns were first assessed by K-function analyses to help choose a point process appropriate for observed patterns. The homogenous Neyman–Scot...