Appendix S3.
Spatial relationship, as measured by the bivariate pair correlation
function g 12(r ), between individuals in
the same size class of three Myrcia species (pairwise) sampled in
a 1-ha plot of restinga forest, southeastern Brazil. The observedg 12(r ) is represented by closed circles,
the mean g 12(r ) of 199 pattern
reconstruction simulations of the point pattern underlying the
independence null model by grey solid lines, and the global simulation
envelope at α = 5% by dotted lines. The location of the first species
was randomized while the location of the second species was kept fixed.
The black horizontal line at g 12(r ) = 1 is
the expectation for spatial independence between congeners without
large-scale habitat association.