TY - JOUR
T1 - Conceptual and mathematical relationships among methods for spatial analysis
AU - Dale, Mark R T
AU - Dixon, Philip
AU - Fortin, Marie Josée
AU - Legendre, Pierre
AU - Myers, Donald E.
AU - Rosenberg, Michael S.
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - A large number of methods for the analysis of the spatial structure of natural phenomena (for example, the clumping or overdispersion of tree stems, the positions of veins of ore in a rock formation, the arrangement of habitat patches in a landscape, and so on) have been developed in a wide range of scientific fields. This paper reviews many of the methods and describes the relationships among them, both mathematically, using the cross-product as a unifying principle, and conceptually, based on the form of a moving window or template used in calculation. The relationships among these methods suggest that while no single method can reveal all the important characteristics of spatial data, the results of different analyses are not expected to be completely independent of each other.
AB - A large number of methods for the analysis of the spatial structure of natural phenomena (for example, the clumping or overdispersion of tree stems, the positions of veins of ore in a rock formation, the arrangement of habitat patches in a landscape, and so on) have been developed in a wide range of scientific fields. This paper reviews many of the methods and describes the relationships among them, both mathematically, using the cross-product as a unifying principle, and conceptually, based on the form of a moving window or template used in calculation. The relationships among these methods suggest that while no single method can reveal all the important characteristics of spatial data, the results of different analyses are not expected to be completely independent of each other.
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U2 - 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2002.250506.x
DO - 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2002.250506.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036779314
SN - 0906-7590
VL - 25
SP - 558
EP - 577
JO - Ecography
JF - Ecography
IS - 5
ER -