Patterned vegetation and rainfall intermittency

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 574-583

  Kletter, A Y ^a   von Hardenberg, J ^b   Meron, E ^a   Provenzale, A ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drylands; Ecosystem modeling; Rainfall; Spatial temporal patterns; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER UPTAKE;

BIOMASS; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 58549083539     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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