Aggregation dynamics explain vegetation patch-size distributions

DOI10.1016/J.TPB.2015.12.001MaRDI QIDQ304467zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors M. A. Irvine, J. C. Bull, Matt J. Keeling

Publication date 25 August 2016

Published in Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/79250/1/WRAP_1472179-lf-240516-aggregation-postsubmission.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

aggregationpattern formationspatial ecologypatch-size distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Ecology (92D40)

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