Self-organized patchiness and catastrophic shifts in ecosystems

M Rietkerk, SC Dekker, PC De Ruiter, J van de Koppel - Science, 2004 - science.org
Unexpected sudden catastrophic shifts may occur in ecosystems, with concomitant losses or
gains of ecological and economic resources. Such shifts have been theoretically attributed …

Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems

M Rietkerk, J Van de Koppel - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2008 - cell.com
Localized ecological interactions can generate striking large-scale spatial patterns in
ecosystems through spatial self-organization. Possible mechanisms include oscillating …

The hidden order of Turing patterns in arid and semi‐arid vegetation ecosystems

Z Ge - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Vegetation Turing patterns play a critical role in the ecological functioning of arid and semi‐
arid ecosystems. However, the long-range spatial features of these patterns have been …

Self-organization of vegetation in arid ecosystems

M Rietkerk, MC Boerlijst… - The American …, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
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The role of vegetation patterns in structuring runoff and sediment fluxes in drylands

J Puigdefábregas - … Processes and Landforms: The Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The dynamics of vegetation‐driven spatial heterogeneity (VDSH) and its function in
structuring runoff and sediment fluxes have received increased attention from both …

[LIBRO][B] Spatiotemporal patterns in ecology and epidemiology: theory, models, and simulation

H Malchow, SV Petrovskii, E Venturino - 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
Although the spatial dimension of ecosystem dynamics is now widely recognized, the
specific mechanisms behind species patterning in space are still poorly understood and the …

A theoretical foundation for multi-scale regular vegetation patterns

CE Tarnita, JA Bonachela, E Sheffer, JA Guyton… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Self-organized regular vegetation patterns are widespread and thought to mediate
ecosystem functions such as productivity and robustness,,, but the mechanisms underlying …

Termite mounds can increase the robustness of dryland ecosystems to climatic change

JA Bonachela, RM Pringle, E Sheffer, TC Coverdale… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Self-organized spatial vegetation patterning is widespread and has been described using
models of scale-dependent feedback between plants and water on homogeneous …

On soil moisture–vegetation feedbacks and their possible effects on the dynamics of dryland ecosystems

P D'Odorico, K Caylor, GS Okin… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Soil moisture is the environmental variable synthesizing the effect of climate, soil, and
vegetation on the dynamics of water‐limited ecosystems. Unlike abiotic factors (eg, soil …

Mathematical models of vegetation pattern formation in ecohydrology

F Borgogno, P D'odorico, F Laio… - Reviews of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Highly organized vegetation patterns can be found in a number of landscapes around the
world. In recent years, several authors have investigated the processes underlying …