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Competition circles and plant mortality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Peter J. Diggle*
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Extract

Competition models for spatially distributed individuals may be developed from the basic assumption that each individual will exert a competitive influence within a circle, centered on the individual's location and with radius determined by a random variable, R (Gerrard (1969)).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1975 

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References

Ford, E. D. (1975). Competition and stand structure in some even aged plant monocultures. J. Ecol. To appear.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gerrard, D. J. (1969) Competition quotient: A new measure of the competition affecting individual forest trees. Research Bulletin No. 20, Agricultural Experiment Station, Michigan State University.Google Scholar