Scale‐dependent intraspecific competition of Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich.) saplings in the Southern Turkey

Autor: Osman Yalçın Yılmaz, Ali Kavgacı, Orhan Sevgi, Erdal Örtel, Hüseyin Barış Tecimen, Abdurrahman Çobanoğlu, İsmet Yeşil
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Ecology and Evolution, Vol 9, Iss 22, Pp 12802-12812 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5757
Popis: Abstract Better understanding of the competitive interaction at the early development stages of the stand is crucial to help schedule silvicultural treatments for young stands and for the better management of the future stands. We used scale‐dependent analysis to improve our understanding of sapling dynamics in the pure Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich.) stands in Southern Turkey. Using data from nine plots established at the western Taurus Mountains, diameter, height, and crown radii of saplings were compared, and spatial point pattern analyses were performed. We found significant differences for the mean diameter and height, and crown radii of saplings among the plots. Univariate pair correlation function showed that sapling pattern was regular only at small scales (r
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