On a vegetation pattern formation model governed by a nonlinear parabolic system

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 507-525

  Marinov, Kaloyan ^a   Wang, Tianze ^b,c   Yang, Yisong ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic conservation laws; Desertification; Ecosystems; Global stability; Mathematical modeling; Parabolic equations; Periodic solutions; Vegetation pattern formation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION LAW; DESERTIFICATION; GLOBAL STABILITY; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; PERIODIC SOLUTION; VEGETATION PATTERN;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84866392278     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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