GEOG 140

Introduction to Physical Geography

Lab 4: Nearest Neighbor Analysis in Biogeography

Answers

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Lab 4a: Nearest-Neighbor Basic Data

  1. 30
  2. 625 m2
  3. 0.048

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Lab 4b: Calculating Nearest-Neighbor Ratio

Everyone's answers will be slightly different because of differences in the way you measured the distance between each plant and its nearest-neighbor. So the next three answers should be close (~) to your answers, but don't lose sleep if they're not exactly the same as your numbers).

  1. ~2.910 m
  2. ~2.282
  3. ~1.275

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Last Updated: 04/17/01

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