We review recent research on statistical methods for analysing spatial patterns of points on a
network of lines, such as road accident locations along a road network. Due to geometrical …

Over the last two decades spatial point pattern analysis (SPPA) has become increasingly
popular in ecological research. To direct future work in this area we review studies using …

This paper introduces a new method for performing computational inference on log-
Gaussian Cox processes. The likelihood is approximated directly by making use of a …

Systematic spatial analysis of mineral deposit point patterns can reveal significant spatial
properties of mineral systems, with major implications for regional mineral prospectivity …

This paper develops methodology that provides a toolbox for routinely fitting complex
models to realistic spatial point pattern data. We consider models that are based on log …

Species–area relationships (SARs) characterize the spatial distribution of species diversity
in community ecology, but the biological mechanisms underlying the SARs have not been …

Many functional summary characteristics such as Ripley's K function have been used in
ecology to describe the spatial structure of point patterns to aid understanding of the …

Aims Patterns of spatial community dissimilarity have inspired a large body of theory in
ecology and biogeography. Yet key gaps remain in our understanding of the local‐scale …

The relative contribution of external vs. internal clustering mechanisms for determining
community structure and its manifestations has been the subject of a continuous debate, but …

Spatially explicit consideration of species distribution can significantly add to our
understanding of species coexistence. In this paper, we evaluated the relative importance of …