Abstract: Classical tools for spatial structure analysis, like
Ripley's function, are only defined for homogeneous point patterns. Ecological
reality is often more complex and presents various sources of heterogeneity
that can alter the results of spatial structure analysis.
This topic documentation introduces a method to analyze in a simple
way the spatial structure of heterogeneous point patterns using the modules
Ripley
and Density of ADS. The basic points take up the works developed
in Goreaud & Pélissier (1999), Goreaud (2000) and Pélissier
& Goreaud (2001).
This documentation is actually in course of writing and will introduce
to the use of the module Intertype of ADS. You can nevertheless
download the PhD Thesis of François Goreaud (in French):
Apports
de l'analyse de la structure spatiale en forêt tempérée
à l'étude et la modélisation des peuplements complexes.
