Fitting Ecological Process Models to Spatial Patterns Using Scalewise Variances and Moment Equations

@article{Detto2013FittingEP,
  title={Fitting Ecological Process Models to Spatial Patterns Using Scalewise Variances and Moment Equations},
  author={Matteo Detto and Helene C. Muller‐Landau},
  journal={The American Naturalist},
  year={2013},
  volume={181},
  pages={E68 - E82}
}
Ecological spatial patterns are structured by a multiplicity of processes acting over a wide range of scales. We propose a new method, based on the scalewise variance—that is, the variance as a function of spatial scale, calculated here with wavelet kernel functions—to disentangle the signature of processes that act at different and similar scales on observed spatial patterns. We derive exact and approximate analytical solutions for the expected scalewise variance under different individual… 
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