Pattern-formation approach to modelling spatially extended ecosystems

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 234, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-82

  Meron, Ehud ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desertification; Homoclinic snaking; Instabilities; Rehabilitation of degraded vegetation; Species coexistence; Vegetation pattern formation

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; CONTINUUM MODEL; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DESERTIFICATION; DRYLAND; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; HOMOCLINIC SNAKING; INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; NONLINEAR ELEMENTS; PATTERN FORMATION; PATTERN FORMATION PHENOMENA; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SELF-ORGANIZATION PROCESS; SPATIAL ECOLOGY; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; VEGETATION MODEL; VEGETATION PATTERN; VEGETATION STATE;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STABILITY; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID REGION; ARIDITY; COEXISTENCE; COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84860582931     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.05.035     Document Type: Article

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