Effect of rainfall interannual variability on the stability and resilience of dryland plant ecosystems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Borgogno, F ^a   D'Odorico, P ^b   Laio, F ^a   Ridolfi, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BISTABLE ECOSYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MARKOV NOISE;

RAIN;

ECOSYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; PLANT; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

EID: 34547227218     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005314     Document Type: Article

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