Spatial dynamics of a vegetation model in an arid flat environment

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2207-2219

  Sun, Gui Quan ^a,b   Li, Li ^c   Zhang, Zi Ke ^a,d,e  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c TAIYUAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Desertification; Pattern; Vegetation model; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; DESERTIFICATION; PATTERN; REACTION DIFFUSION; STATIONARY PATTERNS; VEGETATION MODEL; VEGETATION PATTERN;

ARID REGIONS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CLIMATOLOGY; WAVELENGTH;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84882456806     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-013-0935-3     Document Type: Article

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