TY - JOUR ID - 29787 TI - Spatial Pattern of Three Oak Species in Chenare Forest of Marivan, Kordestan JO - Journal of Natural Environment JA - JNE LA - en SN - 2008-7764 AU - Pourbabaei, Hasan AU - Zandi navgaran, Shiva AU - Adel, Mohammad Naghi AD - Y1 - 2012 PY - 2012 VL - 65 IS - 3 SP - 329 EP - 339 KW - Chenare Forest of Marivan KW - Hopkins index KW - Johnson and Zimmer distribution index KW - spatial pattern KW - T-square index KW - T-square method DO - 10.22059/jne.2012.29787 N2 - Spatial pattern of trees is an important characteristic of plant communities. Generating hypotheses relating to the structure of ecological communities is the aim of spatial pattern recognition. Stands spatial patterns are measured and mapped by measuring tree locations in the stand and entering each coordinates into analytical frameworks. The spatial pattern of plant populations observed at any point in time is the product of many processes in the past such as seed dispersal, growth, mortality, soil topography, microclimate, or disturbances. The aim of this study is to investigate on spatial pattern of three species Oak (Quercus. libani, Q. brantii and Q. infectoria) in Chenare forest at Marivan city in Kurdistan province. For this purpose, T-square distance sampling method was used. A grid of 100 m×100 m was applied and then 30 sample plots were established. The grid intersections were applied as the center of sample plots and the beginning of distance sampling techniques. Hopkins, T-square and Johnson and Zimmer indices were used to analyze the spatial pattern. All of the indicators showed a random pattern for Oak species. Such spatial information allows to natural resource managers to make better-informed decisions and increase the potential for enhanced natural resource utilization. UR - https://jne.ut.ac.ir/article_29787.html L1 - https://jne.ut.ac.ir/article_29787_b51c9853c0766486563e7043267b7fc9.pdf ER -