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COMPETITION BIBLIOGRAPHY
1957-Present
1. Bartlett, M.S. (1957) “On theoretical models for competitive and predatory biological
systems.” Biometrika, 44(1/2): 27-42.
2. Laessle, A.M. (1965) “Spacing and competition in natural stands of sand pine.”
Ecology, 46(1/2): 65-72.
3. McGilchrist, C.A. (1965) “Analysis of competition experiments.” Biometrics, 21(4):
975-985.
4. Mead, R. (1967) “A mathematical model for the estimation of inter-plant competition.”
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5. Mead, R. (1968) “Measurement of competition between individual plants in a
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15. Pelz, D.R. (1978) “Estimating individual tree growth with tree polygons.” In:
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30. Nance, W.L., J.E. Grissom, and W.R. Smith. (1987) “A new competition index based on
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44. Goldberg, D.E. and A.M. Barton. (1992) “Patterns and consequences of interspecific
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simulations of forest growth.” Ecology, 74(6): 1707-1712.
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161-170.
53. Soares, P. and M. Tome. (1996) “Analysis of the biological consistency and prediction
ability of some distance-dependent competition measures.”
54. Moeur, M. (1997) “Spatial models of competition and gap dynamics in old-growth
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Predictions from neighborhood models.” Ecological Applications, 8(4): 1250-1259.
56. De Luis, et al. (1998) “Assessing components of a competition index to predict growth
in an even-aged Pinus nigra stand.” New Forests, 15: 223-242.
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58. Bartelink, H.H. (2000) “A growth model for mixed forest stands.” Forest Ecology and
Management, 134: 29-43.
59. Duchesneau, et al. (2001) “Effects of light and intraspecific competition on growth and
crown morphology of two size classes of understory Balsam fir saplings.” Forest
Ecology and Management, 140: 215-225.
60. Picard, et al. (2001) “Spatial pattern induced by asymmetric competition: a modeling
approach.” Pages 147-175.
61. Hynynen, J. and R. Ojansuu. (2003) “Impact of plot size on individual-tree competition
measures for growth and yield simulators.” Can. J. For. Res., 33: 455-465.
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49(6): 1-18.
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