Vegetation pattern formation in a fog-dependent ecosystem

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-26

  Borthagaray, Ana I ^a,b   Fuentes, Miguel A ^a,c,d   Marquet, Pablo A ^a,b,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Catastrophic shifts; Fog water flow; Mortality; Slope; Water limitation

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ADVECTION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; FOG; LIMITING FACTOR; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DENSITY; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; FOG; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA LANDBECKII; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW;

CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TILLANDSIA; WEATHER;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

TILLANDSIA LANDBECKII;

EID: 77953615311     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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