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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2014.24.8.813

Spatial Distribution Pattern of the Populations of Camellia japonica in Busan  

Kang, Man Ki (Department of Data Information Science, College of Natural Sciences & Human Ecology, Dongeui University)
Huh, Man Kyu (Department of Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences & Human Ecology, Dongeui University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.24, no.8, 2014 , pp. 813-819 More about this Journal
Abstract
The spatial distribution of geographical distances at five natural populations of Camellia japonica in Busan, Korea was studied. The four plots (Mollundae, Gadeok-do, Du-do, and Jwiseum) of C. japonica were uniformly distributed in the forest community and only one plot (Amnam-dong) was aggregately distributed in the forest community. Morisita index is related to the patchiness index showed that the plot $20m{\times}50m$ had an overly steep slope when the area was larger than $20m{\times}20m$, which indicated that the degree of aggregation increased significantly with increasing quadrat sizes, while the patchiness indices did not change from the plot $5m{\times}10m$ to $10m{\times}10m$. The spatial structure was quantified by Moran's I, a coefficient of spatial autocorrelation. Ten of the significant values (76.9%) were positive, indicating similarity among individuals in the first 4 distance classes (80 m), i.e., pairs of individuals with dissimilarity characteristics can separate by more than 100 m.
Keywords
Moran's I; patchiness index; quadrat; spatial distribution;
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