Ecosystem engineers: From pattern formation to habitat creation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Gilad, E ^a   Von Hardenberg, J ^b   Provenzale, A ^b,c   Shachak, M ^a   Meron, E ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; INFILTRATION; INTEGRATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; ENGINEERING EFFECTS; HABITAT DIVERSITY; WATER LIMITED SYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 19544365258     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.098105     Document Type: Article

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