Hi Ecologgers, I am trying to estimate the average distance between flowers from their density (flowers per square metre) and have not been able to find a simple and satisfactory method for this.
At first I assumed that if the flowers were distributed evenly, I could use the square root of the density to find the number of flowers in a straight line per metre, and use this to estimate the distance between the nearest two flowers. Does any one know a better way to estimate average distance between points or prey items (in my case flowers for foraging bees) from their density (preferably without a lot of maths)? Thank you, Nic Charlton PhD student University of Bristol, UK
