Vegetation change shows generic features of non-linear dynamics

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 703-712

  Gassmann, Fritz ^a   Klötzli, Frank ^b   Walther, Gian Reto ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butterfly effect; Cellular automaton; Climatic fluctuation; Complex system; Dynamic instability; Field observation; Interacting particle system; Predictability

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 30344467552     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2005)016[0703:VCSGFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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