@inbook{39e12096fadf4e988e0096fe8a01a028,
title = "Spatial marked point patterns for herd dispersion in a savanna wildlife herbivore community in Kenya",
abstract = "Quantitative descriptions of animal species{\textquoteright} distributions at the ecosystem level are rare. In this study we used marked spatial point pattern analysis to characterize herd spatial distributions of several species comprising a savanna large herbivore community in Laikipia, central Kenya. Points are the herd centres, marks are the herd sizes. Previous research [15] identified possible discrepancies between prey and non-prey species on the basis of the nearest neighbour distance function. In this paper we make a similar distinction and analyse possible consequences. Analysis concentrated on Ripley{\textquoteright}s K-function on several data subsets. A digitised boundary of the area has been included. The herd patterns of Thomson gazelle and of the plains zebra were modelled with a Strauss marked point process. The pattern of the Thomson gazelle showed a single mode, whereas that of the plains zebra showed multiple modes. This can be well explained by the ecosystem behavior (habitat specialist versus habitat generalist) of the two species.",
keywords = "ADLIB-ART-191, EOS, 2024 OA procedure",
author = "A. Stein and N.J. Georgiadis",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1007/0-387-31144-0_14",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-387-28311-1",
series = "Lecture Notes in Statistics",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "261--274",
editor = "A. Baddeley",
booktitle = "Case studies in spatial process modeling / ed. by A. Baddeley ... [et al]. Berlin etc.; Springer, 2006. 306 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0-387-28311-0. (Lecture Notes in Statistics ; 185) pp. 261-274",
address = "Germany",
}