Small-Scale Spatial Patterns of Copernicia alba Morong near Bahia Negra, Paraguay

Autor:	Blair Orr, Michael J. Falkowski, Michelle E. Cisz
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Floodplain Ecology Adult population food and beverages Total population Biology Spatial distribution biology.organism_classification Copernicia Spatial ecology Juvenile Palm
Zdroj:	Natural Resources. :369-377
ISSN:	2158-7086 2158-706X
DOI:	10.4236/nr.2013.45045
Popis:	We assessed the spatial distribution of Copernicia alba Morong. In the study area, a lowland palm savanna floodplain, C. alba is the only overstory species. We hypothesized C. alba would be randomly distributed within natural stands. Palms were tallied in six randomly located 0.25 haplots and analyzed using a first-order, Ripley’s K function to assess the distribution of juvenile, adult, and total palm populations. While the total population had either aggregated or random distributions, when analyzing juvenile and adult population separately, we found juveniles were consistently more aggregated than the adults.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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