Spatial and temporal signatures of fragility and threshold proximity in modelled semi-arid vegetation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1708, 2011, Pages 1064-1071

  Bailey, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Critical slowdown; Model; Semi arid; Threshold; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79958247873     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1750     Document Type: Article

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