Spatial Patterns of Ceroxylon parvifrons (Engel) H.Wendl of the Montane Forests in Southern Ecuador

Figure 5

Differences in the aggregation strength of seedlings to rosettes and adults and analysis of the relationship between stages. The figure illustrates differences between the pair correlation function using a randomly labeled null model, where subscripts “p,” “s,” and “a” represent seedlings, rosettes, and adults of C. parvifrons, respectively. Simulation wraps (gray region) were constructed employing 399 simulations of the random labeling model. Solid and dotted lines denote the observed and expected patterns, respectively. (a) Adult-seedling, (b) segregation of adults, (c) segregation of seedlings, (d) adult-rosette, (e) segregation of adults, (f) segregation of rosettes, (g) rosette-seedling, (h) segregation of rosettes, and (i) segregation of seedlings.

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