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Localized vegetation patches: a self-organized response to resource scarcity.

Lejeune, O., Tlidi, M., Couteron, P.·2002·Physical Review E

Abstract

We show that spatial self-organization allows vegetation to survive greater resource limitation. Isolated vegetation patches observed in nutrient-poor territories of South America and West Africa are interpreted as localized structures arising from the bistability between the bare state and the patchy vegetation state.

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Authors
Lejeune, O., Tlidi, M., & Couteron, P.
Affiliations
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Venue
Physical Review E
Published
2002-07-29
Volume
66
Issue
1
Pages
010901-010901
ISSN
  • 1063-651X (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-3787
OpenAlex
W2087445085
Cited by
240
References
44
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FWCI
3.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
Keywords
vegetation patches, spatial self-organization, resource constraints, bistability, patchy vegetation, nutrient limitation, desertification, vegetation dynamics
MeSH terms
Africa, Western, Biophysics, Environment, Models, Biological, South America, Ecosystem, Biophysical Phenomena, Plant Development

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