%0 Journal Article
%T Characterizing the relative spatial structure of point patterns
%A Marcon, E.
%A Puech, F.
%A Traissac, S.
%J International Journal of Ecology
%D 2012
%V 2012
%N Article ID 619281
%@ 16879708 (Issn)
%F Marcon_etal2012
%O Export Date: 7 November 2012; Source: Scopus; Art. No.: 619281; doi: 10.1155/2012/619281; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Marcon, E.; AgroParisTech, UMR EcoFoG, BP 709, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana; email: eric.marcon@ecofog.gf
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%X We generalize Ripley's K function to get a new function, M, to characterize the spatial structure of a point pattern relatively to another one. We show that this new approach is pertinent in ecology when space is not homogenous and the size of objects matters. We present how to use the function and test the data against the null hypothesis of independence between points. In a tropical tree data set we detect intraspecific aggregation and interspecific competition. © 2012 Eric Marcon et al.
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