Stability of banded vegetation patterns under seasonal rainfall and limited soil moisture storage capacity

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1556-1564

  Ursino, Nadia ^a   Contarini, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Seasonality of rainfall; Semi arid grasslands; Soil moisture storage; Stability analysis; Vegetation banding

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

RAINFALL SEASONABILITY; SEMI-ARID CATCHMENTS; SEMI-ARID GRASSLANDS; SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE; VEGETATION BANDING;

ARID REGIONS;

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 33749400238     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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