Soil-geomorphic heterogeneity governs patchy vegetation dynamics at an arid ecotone

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 963-973

  Bestelmeyer, Brandon T ^a   Ward, Judy P ^a   Havstad, Kris M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Chihuahuan Desert; Patch dynamics; Rangeland; Self organization; State and transition model; Threshold

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOTONE; PATCH DYNAMICS; SOIL DEGRADATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; SOIL;

ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; RAIN; SOIL;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646153299     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[963:SHGPVD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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