Summary 1 This article reviews the application of some summary statistics from current
theory of spatial point processes for extracting information from spatial patterns of plants …

▪ Abstract Because it lays the template from which communities develop, the pattern of
dispersed seed is commonly believed to influence community structure. To test the validity of …

Nowadays, ecologists worldwide recognize the use of spatial analysis as essential.
However, because of the fast-growing range of methods available, even an expert might …

The importance of niche vs. neutral assembly mechanisms in structuring tropical tree
communities remains an important unsettled question in community ecology [Bell G (2005) …

Summary 1 Tests of habitat association among species of tropical trees and shrubs often
assume that individual stems can be treated as independent sample units, even though …

Amazonian forests are extraordinarily diverse, but the estimated species richness is very
much debated. Here, we apply an ensemble of parametric estimators and a novel technique …

This pioneering graduate textbook provides readers with the concepts and practical tools
required to understand the maximum entropy principle, and apply it to an understanding of …

Both habitat filtering and dispersal limitation influence the compositional structure of forest
communities, but previous studies examining the relative contributions of these processes …

Theories of tropical tree diversity emphasize dispersal limitation as a potential mechanism
for separating species in space and reducing competitive exclusion. We compared the …

The relationship between the number of species and the area sampled is one of the oldest
and best-documented patterns in community ecology. Several theoretical models and field …