
%0 Journal Article
%A Bell, DT 
%T Spatial and Size-Class Patterns in a Central Australian Spinifex Grassland
%J Australian Journal of Botany
%D 1981/06/01
%V 29
%N 3
%P 321-327
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9810321
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT9810321 
%X The spatial and size-class patterns in a central Australian stand of Triodia basedowii Pritzel near the Hermannsburg Aboriginal Mission are described. Cover values of two subsampling areas averaged 574 m2 ha-1 and 433 m2 ha-1, relatively low in comparison with spinifex stands reported elsewhere in Australia. Densities for the two sites were 16 11 1 and 18 333 plants ha-1 respectively. Size-class structure of both study areas fitted the expected negative exponential curve but the smallest size-class numbers were less than expected, indicating that loss of small individuals could be occurring. Spacing patterns also suggested the presence of intraspecific interference. 
