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International Journal of Ecology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 619281, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/619281
Research Article
Characterizing the Relative Spatial Structure of Point Patterns
1AgroParisTech, UMR EcoFoG, BP 709, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana
2LET (Université de Lyon, CNRS, ENTPE), Institut des Sciences de l’Homme, 14 avenue Berthelot, 69363 Lyon Cedex 07, France
Received 26 May 2012; Revised 23 July 2012; Accepted 21 August 2012
Academic Editor: Cajo J. F. ter Braak
Copyright © 2012 Eric Marcon et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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