Spatial organization of vegetation arising from non-local excitation with local inhibition in tropical rainforests

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 238, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1061-1067

  Thompson, Sally ^a   Katul, Gabriel ^a   Terborgh, John ^a   Alvarez Loayza, Patricia ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Janzen Connell effect; Pattern formation; Spatial organization; Trees; Tropical ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VEGETATION;

JANZEN-CONNELL EFFECT; PATTERN FORMATION; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; TREES; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 67349096296     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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