History-dependent patterns of whole ecosystems

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-20

  Sherratt, Jonathan A ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arid landscapes; Hysteresis; Mussel beds; Pattern formation; Reaction diffusion advection; Stability; Wavetrain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877153933     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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