Search Results - "VEGETATION patterns"

Evasion of tipping in complex systems through spatial pattern formation by Rietkerk, Max, Bastiaansen, Robbin, Banerjee, Swarnendu, van de Koppel, Johan, Baudena, Mara, Doelman, Arjen

“…The concept of tipping points and critical transitions helps inform our understanding of the catastrophic effects that global change may have on ecosystems,…”
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Self-organized disordered vegetation patterns with hidden order in arid ecosystems by Torquato, Salvatore

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Alternative Biome States in Terrestrial Ecosystems by Pausas, Juli G., Bond, William J.

“…There is growing interest in the application of alternative stable state (ASS) theory to explain major vegetation patterns of the world. Here, we introduce the…”
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Remotely‐sensed slowing down in spatially patterned dryland ecosystems by Veldhuis, Michiel P., Martinez‐Garcia, Ricardo, Deblauwe, Vincent, Dakos, Vasilis

“…Regular vegetation patterns have been predicted to indicate a system slowing down and possibly desertification of drylands. However, these predictions have not…”
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Limited climatic space for alternative ecosystem states in Africa by Higgins, Steven I, Conradi, Timo, Kruger, Laurence M, O'Hara, Robert B, Slingsby, Jasper A

“…One of the foundational premises of ecology is that climate determines ecosystems. This has been challenged by alternative ecosystem state models, which…”
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The effect of slope aspect on vegetation attributes in a mountainous dry valley, Southwest China by Yang, Jie, El-Kassaby, Yousry A., Guan, Wenbin

“…Slope aspect plays a critical role in influencing vegetation pattern in semiarid area. The dry valleys of the Hengduan Mountains Region, southwestern China,…”
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The global wildland–urban interface by Schug, Franz, Bar-Massada, Avi, Carlson, Amanda R., Cox, Heather, Hawbaker, Todd J., Helmers, David, Hostert, Patrick, Kaim, Dominik, Kasraee, Neda K., Martinuzzi, Sebastián, Mockrin, Miranda H., Pfoch, Kira A., Radeloff, Volker C.

“…The wildland–urban interface (WUI) is where buildings and wildland vegetation meet or intermingle 1 , 2 . It is where human–environmental conflicts and risks…”
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Biome: evolution of a crucial ecological and biogeographical concept by Mucina, Ladislav

“…A biome is a key community ecological and biogeographical concept and, as such, has profited from the overall progress of community ecology, punctuated by two…”
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Reconciling inconsistencies in precipitation–productivity relationships: implications for climate change by Knapp, Alan K., Ciais, Philippe, Smith, Melinda D.

“…Precipitation (PPT) is a primary climatic determinant of plant growth and aboveground net primary production (ANPP) over much of the globe. Thus, PPT–ANPP…”
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The impact of heterogeneous human activity on vegetation patterns in arid environments by Hou, Li-Feng, Sun, Gui-Quan, Perc, Matjaž

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A theoretical foundation for multi-scale regular vegetation patterns by Tarnita, Corina E., Bonachela, Juan A., Sheffer, Efrat, Guyton, Jennifer A., Coverdale, Tyler C., Long, Ryan A., Pringle, Robert M.

“…Empirically validated mathematical models show that a combination of intraspecific competition between subterranean social-insect colonies and scale-dependent…”
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Self-organization as a mechanism of resilience in dryland ecosystems by Kéfi, Sonia, Génin, Alexandre, Garcia-Mayor, Angeles, Guirado, Emilio, Cabral, Juliano S, Berdugo, Miguel, Guerber, Josquin, Solé, Ricard, Maestre, Fernando T

“…Self-organized spatial patterns are a common feature of complex systems, ranging from microbial communities to mussel beds and drylands. While the theoretical…”
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener on the Other Side: Seasonal Reversal of Vegetation Greenness in Aspect‐Driven Semiarid Ecosystems by Kumari, Nikul, Saco, Patricia M., Rodriguez, Jose F., Johnstone, Samuel A., Srivastava, Ankur, Chun, Kwok P., Yetemen, Omer

“…Our current understanding of semiarid ecosystems is that they tend to display higher vegetation greenness on polar‐facing slopes (PFS) than on…”
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A conductive self healing polymeric binder using hydrogen bonding for Si anodes in lithium ion batteries by Nam, Jaebin, Kim, Eunsoo, K.K., Rajeev, Kim, Yeonho, Kim, Tae-Hyun

“…A ureido-pyrimidinone (UPy)-functionalized poly(acrylic acid) grafted with poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG), designated PAU-g-PEG, was developed as a high…”
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Spatial patterning and species coexistence: A case study using concentric circular vegetation patches in saline land by Yang, Ce, Zhu, Feng, Guo, Kai, Feng, Xiaohui, Liu, Xiaojing, Bezemer, T. Martijn

“…Spatial patterns in plant community structures within stressed ecosystems have drawn much attention in the field of ecology. However, the mechanisms underlying…”
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Discovery of fairy circles in Australia supports self-organization theory by Getzin, Stephan, Yizhaq, Hezi, Bell, Bronwyn, Erickson, Todd E, Postle, Anthony C, Katra, Itzhak, Tzuk, Omer, Zelnik, Yuval R, Wiegand, Kerstin, Wiegand, Thorsten, Meron, Ehud

“…Vegetation gap patterns in arid grasslands, such as the "fairy circles" of Namibia, are one of nature's greatest mysteries and subject to a lively debate on…”
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Analyzing vegetation health dynamics across seasons and regions through NDVI and climatic variables by Mehmood, Kaleem, Anees, Shoaib Ahmad, Muhammad, Sultan, Hussain, Khadim, Shahzad, Fahad, Liu, Qijing, Ansari, Mohammad Javed, Alharbi, Sulaiman Ali, Khan, Waseem Razzaq

“…This study assesses the relationships between vegetation dynamics and climatic variations in Pakistan from 2000 to 2023. Employing high-resolution Landsat data…”
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Pattern dynamics of a vegetation-water model with saturated effect and diffusion feedback by Bai, Huimin, Fan, Yu-Xuan, Li, Li

“…Desertification represents one of the most pressing ecological challenges globally, where vegetation patterns serve as critical indicators of ecosystem…”
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Self-organization of a biogeomorphic landscape controlled by plant life-history traits by Schwarz, Christian, Gourgue, Olivier, Jim van Belzen, Zhu, Zhenchang, Bouma, Tjeerd J, van de Koppel, Johan, Ruessink, Gerben, Nicolas, Claude, Temmerman, Stijn

“…Feedbacks between geomorphology and plants are increasingly recognized as key drivers shaping a variety of landscapes. Most studies of biogeomorphic…”
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Positive feedbacks promote power-law clustering of Kalahari vegetation by Scanlon, T.M, Caylor, K.K, Levin, S.A, Rodriguez-Iturbe, I

“…The concept of local-scale interactions driving large-scale pattern formation has been supported by numerical simulations, which have demonstrated that simple…”
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