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 …

Envelope tests are a popular tool in spatial statistics, where they are used in goodness-of-fit
testing. These tests graphically compare an empirical function T (r) with its simulated …

Individual-based forest ecology and management, where the focus is on individual plants in
the context of their populations, draws on a large body of different quantitative methods that …

In the analysis of spatial point patterns, an important role is played by statistical tests based
on simulation envelopes, such as the envelope of simulations of Ripley's K function. Recent …

Enigmatic macrofossils of late Ediacaran age (580–541 million years ago) provide the oldest
known record of diverse complex organisms on Earth, lying between the microbially …

Background tree mortality is a complex process that requires large sample sizes and long
timescales to disentangle the suite of ecological factors that collectively contribute to tree …

This paper presents a review of the most common methods in ecological studies aimed at
spatial analysis of population structures (horizontal and vertical), based on point process …

Abstract Model testing is a central step of spatial point pattern analysis, which allows
ecologists to judge if their data agree with ecological hypotheses. We present a simple and …

This volume is an attempt to provide a graduate level introduction to various aspects of
stochastic geometry, spatial statistics and random fields, with special emphasis placed on …

The broad-scale environment plays a substantial role in shaping modern marine
ecosystems, but the degree to which palaeocommunities were influenced by their …