Software:

• SADIE - clustering and spatial association analysis
  Includes both simple and advanced explanations of how the SADIE method works

www.rothamsted.ac.uk/pie/sadie/SADIE_home_page_1.htm

• SURFER 8 - visualization of count data and SADIE output

www.goldensoftware.com/products/surfer/surfer.shtml

• SAS 9 - calculation of summary statistics and ANOVA

www.sas.com/technologies/analytics/statistics/stat/index.html

Publications:

Albani, M., Andison, D.W., and Kimmins, J.P. 2005. Boreal Mixedwood Species Composition in Relationship to Topography and White Spruce Seed Dispersal Constraint. Forest Ecology and Management 209: 167-180.

Asselin, H., Fortin, M.J., and Bergeron, Y. 2001. Spatial Distribution of Late-Successional Coniferous Species Regeneration Following Disturbance in Southwestern Quebec Boreal Forest. Forest Ecology and Management 140: 29-37.

Chipman, S.J. and Johnson, E.A. 2002. Understory Vascular Plant Species Diversity in the Mixedwood Boreal Forest of Western Canada. Ecological Applications 12: 588-601.

Crites, S. and Dale, M.R.T. 1998. Diversity and Abundance of Bryophytes, Lichens, and Fungi in Relation to Woody Substrate and Successional Stage in Aspen Mixedwood Boreal Forests. Canadian Journal of Botany-Revue Canadienne De Botanique 76: 641-651.

Greene, D.F. and Johnson, E.A. 1996. Wind Dispersal of Seeds From a Forest Into a Clearing. Ecology 77: 595-609.

Kirk, D.A., Diamond, A.W., Hobson, K.A., and Smith, A.R. 1996. Breeding Bird Communities of the Western and Northern Canadian Boreal Forest: Relationship to Forest Type. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 74: 1749-1770.

Lieffers, V.J., Macmillan, R.B., Macpherson, D., Branter, K., and Stewart, J.D. 1996. Semi-Natural and Intensive Silvicultural Systems for the Boreal Mixedwood Forest. Forestry Chronicle 72: 286-292.

Macpherson, D.M., Lieffers, V.J., and Blenis, P.V. 2001. Productivity of Aspen Stands With and Without a Spruce Understory in Alberta's Boreal Mixedwood Forests. Forestry Chronicle 77: 351-356.

Man, R.Z. and Lieffers, V.J. 1999. Are Mixtures of Aspen and White Spruce More Productive Than Single Species Stands? Forestry Chronicle 75: 505-513.

Messier, C. and Kneeshaw, D.D. 1999. Thinking and Acting Differently for Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest. Forestry Chronicle 75: 929-938.

Perry, J.N. 1995. Spatial analysis by distance indices. Journal of Animal Ecology, 64, 303-314.

Perry, J.N. 1998. Measures of spatial pattern for counts. Ecology, 79, 1008-1017.

Perry, J.N. & Dixon, P. 2002. A new method for measuring spatial association in ecological count data. Ecoscience, 9, 133-141.

Perry, J.N., Liebhold, A., Rosenberg, M.S., Dungan, J., Miriti, M., Jakomulska, A. & Citron-Pousty, S. 2002. Illustration and Guidelines for Selecting Statistical Methods for Quantifying Spatial Patterns in Ecological Data. Ecography, 25, 578-600.

Schieck, J., Nietfeld, M., and  Stelfox, J.B. 1995. Differences in Bird Species Richness and Abundance Among 3 Successional Stages of Aspen-Dominated Boreal Forests. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 73: 1417-1431.