Statistical analysis of the phytocoenose homogeneity. II. Species frequency distribution and frequency distribution of the standing biomass as a function of the area size

Anna J. Kwiatkowska, Ewa Symonides

Abstract


Homogeneity of the Leucobryo-Pineium phytocoenose was assessed on the grounds of the species frequency distribution and frequency distributions of the total ground-layer biomass and those of individual species. It was confirmed that: 1) species frequency distribution and frequency distribution of biomass, as well as their statistical characteristics depended on the area size and 2) for analysed phytocoenose the area at which frequency distributions of both measures were symmetrical could be determined. The studies showed that phytocoenose homogeneity was related only to the definite area size, i.e. to the definite scale of its spatial differentiation.

Keywords


phytocoenose homogeneity; frequency distribution; biomass distribution

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.1985.040

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  • 2083-9480 (online)
  • 0001-6977 (print; ceased since 2016)
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