Trees are a kind of literal poisson disk. Because trees capture light and nutrients, there's a minimum viable spacing between them which enforces some separation. But seed distribution either clusters around each tree, or looks for gaps, depending on the seeding strategy.
So I'm not surprised you get a hyperuniform distribution. It's not truly random, because there's a pull towards maximum packing density in one direction, balanced by a push towards a spatial expansion distribution around each tree in the other.
Intuitively, I'd suspect this pull/push balance explains most hyperuniform distributions.
So I'm not surprised you get a hyperuniform distribution. It's not truly random, because there's a pull towards maximum packing density in one direction, balanced by a push towards a spatial expansion distribution around each tree in the other.
Intuitively, I'd suspect this pull/push balance explains most hyperuniform distributions.