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.