An ecohydrological approach to predicting hillslope-scale vegetation patterns in dryland ecosystems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Franz, Trenton E ^a   Caylor, Kelly K ^b   King, Elizabeth G ^c   Nordbotten, Jan M ^b,d   Celia, Michael A ^b   Rodríguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; DIRECT COUPLING; DRYLAND; ECOHYDROLOGICAL MODEL; FLOWPATH; HILLSLOPES; LAND SURFACE; LENGTH SCALE; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERLAND FLOW; PATCH TYPE; PATTERN FORMATION; RAIN EVENTS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SYMMETRY-BREAKING INSTABILITY; VEGETATION PATTERN; WATER BALANCE; WATER USE; WORK SUPPORT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ARID REGION; BARE SOIL; ECOHYDROLOGY; FACILITATION; FORAGE; HILLSLOPE; LAND SURFACE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; OVERLAND FLOW; PASTORALISM; STOCHASTICITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MODELS; PLANTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; WATER SUPPLY;

KENYA;

HORTONIA;

EID: 84856013825     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010524     Document Type: Article

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