Integrating theory and experiments to link local mechanisms and ecosystem-level consequences of vegetation patterns in drylands

R Martinez-Garcia, C Cabal, JM Calabrese… - Chaos, Solitons & …, 2023 - Elsevier
pattern-forming mechanisms and link them to specific desertification dynamics. A comprehensive
view of models, the mechanisms … understand both how patterns emerge and improve …

Vegetation pattern formation: The mechanisms behind the forms

E Meron - Physics Today, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
… The discussion so far has focused on understanding mechanisms of vegetation pattern
formation and accounting for the variety of patterns observed in drylands. But beyond the obvious …

A mechanistic description of the formation and evolution of vegetation patterns

R Foti, JA Ramírez - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2013 - hess.copernicus.org
Vegetation patterns are a common and welldefined characteristic of many landscapes. …
mechanisms responsible for the establishment of self-organized, non-random vegetation patterns

Vegetation patterns induced by random climate fluctuations

P D'Odorico, F Laio, L Ridolfi - Geophysical Research Letters, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… [4] This study shows how vegetation patterns may emerge from the random … of vegetation
patterns in dryland ecosystems. The proposed mechanism is noise induced, in that patterns

Topographically controlled soil moisture is the primary driver of local vegetation patterns across a lowland region

JE Moeslund, L Arge, PK Bøcher, T Dalgaard… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… Hence, our multiscale modeling suggests that the mechanisms underlying the local
vegetation–topography relationships presented here operate primarily at the 10 m scale. The weaker …

Nonlocal interactions between vegetation induce spatial patterning

J Liang, C Liu, GQ Sun, L Li, L Zhang, M Hou… - Applied Mathematics …, 2022 - Elsevier
… interactions between roots of vegetation is a key mechanism for the formation of vegetation
pattern, which provides a theoretical basis for the preservation and restoration of vegetation. …

New insights into vegetation patterns and processes

M Öpik, F de Bello, JN Price, LH Fraser - New Phytologist, 2014 - JSTOR
vegetation structure is available for many regions of the world. Major forces linked to particular
vegetation patterns … how these mechanisms interact to shape vegetation patterns remains …

Mathematical models of vegetation pattern formation in ecohydrology

F Borgogno, P D'odorico, F Laio… - Reviews of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… , we review noise-induced mechanisms of pattern formation and provide some examples
of … to describe the hydrologic mechanisms that underlie ecologic patterns and processes. …

Landscape pattern dynamics and mechanisms during vegetation restoration: a multiscale, hierarchical patch dynamics approach

S Peng, T Zhou, L Liang, W Ren - Restoration Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… The objective of this study was to integrate the pattern and mechanism of forest restoration
… We studied the pattern dynamics of three main forest types and their underlying mechanisms

Pattern, process and mechanism-the fundamentals of scientific inquiry applied to vegetation science

M Anand - Coenoses, 1994 - JSTOR
… The recognition of patterns, processes and mechanisms in vegetation is the way in which
we attempt to understand our environment. The general environment has no limits and is thus …