Fig. 4From: Spatial point-pattern analysis as a powerful tool in identifying pattern-process relationships in plant ecology: an updated reviewThe relationships between growth, requirements, competition, and death in plant communities. When neighbouring plants grow, their requirements (e.g. light, water, nutrients) increase which leads to the increase of their competitive interaction resulting in a rise in mortality rate. The space freed up by individual mortality contributes to the decrease of competition intensity and stimulation of plant growth and/or densityBack to article page