Demographic noise and resilience in a semi-arid ecosystem model

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-108

  Realpe Gomez, John ^a,b   Baudena, Mara ^c,d   Galla, Tobias ^a   McKane, Alan J ^a   Rietkerk, Max ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extinction; Recovery; Resilience; Semi arid ecosystems; Stochastic processes; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882589345     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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