Analysis: Island Torrey Pine Reproductive Habitat

Over the past few weeks I have been working hard to quantify the reproductive habitat for the Island Torrey pine. Using ArcMap v. 10.21 I began testing several distances (m) using Global Moran’s I for each grove. This test performs a statistical analysis for trees with (seedlings+saplings) and clusters reproductive trees with a high or low value of (seedlings+saplings) giving a highly significant (P<0.001) distance between individuals. I then performed a Hot Spot Analysis for each grove using this significant distance.  The following maps show the current reproductive area based upon a high or low density of (seedlings+saplings) around a reproductive parent tree.