Figure 1. Geographical distribution of Myrcia
brasiliensis , M. multiflora and M. racemosa in Brazil.
Data obtained from the speciesLink platform (2019). The green crosses
are the coordinates reported by biological collections; the delimited
regions represent the different phytogeographical domains of Brazil.
Figure 2. Spatial relationship, as measured by the bivariate
pair correlation function g 12(r ), between
medium trees of Myrcia multiflora and M. racemosa(pairwise) sampled in a 1-ha plot of restinga forest,
southeastern Brazil. The spatial relationship was compared to a null
model representing large-scale habitat association. The observedg 12(r ) is represented by closed circles,
the mean g 12(r ) of 199 simulations by grey
solid lines, and the global simulation envelope at α = 5% by dotted
lines. The black horizontal line at g 12(r )
= 1 is the expectation for spatial independence between congeners.
Figure 3. Mean stem diameter at soil height (DSH), as measured
by the bivariate r -mark correlation functionκm 1.(r ), between medium
trees of Myrcia racemosa in relation to M. brasiliensisand M. multiflora (pairwise) sampled in a 1-ha plot ofrestinga forest, southeastern Brazil. The mean DSH was compared
to the independent marking null model (A and B) and to the local random
marking null model with R = 25 m (C and D). The observedκm 1.(r ) is represented by
closed circles, the meanκm 1.(r ) of 199 simulations
by grey solid lines, and the global simulation envelope at α = 5% by
dotted lines. The horizontal line atκm 1.(r ) = 1 is the
expectation for independence between DSH and distance between congeners.