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Figure 1 Spatial point pattern for male (black points) and female (red points) individuals of Diospyros morrisiana at the HSD 50-ha plot. Opaque points represent flowering individuals, while the transparent points represent non-flowered individuals that have been molecular-sexed. The grey scale represents the elevation.