Feasible optimality of vegetation patterns in river basins

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Caylor, Kelly K ^a   Scanlon, Todd M ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

LANDSCAPES; VEGETATION PATTERNS; WATER STRESSES;

VEGETATION;

RIVER BANK; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER STRESS;

INFLUENCE OF WATER; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; LOCAL OPTIMIZATIONS; NETWORK CONFIGURATION; NETWORK STRUCTURES; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION PATTERN;

EID: 4544230264     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020260     Document Type: Article

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