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The Spatial Distribution Of Copernicia Alba (Morong) In The District Of Bahia Negra, Paraguay, Michelle E. Cisz
The Spatial Distribution Of Copernicia Alba (Morong) In The District Of Bahia Negra, Paraguay, Michelle E. Cisz
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The Humid Chaco of Northeast Paraguay harbors monoculture palm savannas in which Copernicia alba is the only dominant overstory species. The study’s objective was to provide the complete spatial distribution of a simple ecosystem lacking confounding factors of overstory competition and changes in slope. Palms within six, 50 x 50m plots were marked by their GPS location and measured for dbh and total stem height. The spatial distribution was individually analyzed for each plot at the local scale up to 12 m using Ripley’s K test. For the total population including juvenile and adult plants, the sample plots contained both …