Can spatial patterns along climatic gradients predict ecosystem responses to climate change? Experimenting with reaction-diffusion simulations

Following a predicted decline in water resources in the Mediterranean Basin, we used reaction-diffusion equations to gain a better understanding of expected changes in properties of vegetation patterns that evolve along the rainfall transition between semi-arid and arid rainfall regions. Two types o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2017-04, Vol.12 (4), p.e0174942
Hauptverfasser:	Roitberg, Elena, Shoshany, Maxim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aerial photography Appendix Arid environments Arid zones Banding Biology and Life Sciences Cell survival Climate Climate Change Colonization Competition Desertification Deserts Differential equations Diffusion Diffusion equations Dispersal Drought Earth Sciences Eccentricity Ecology Ecology and Environmental Sciences Ecosystem Ecosystems Elongation Engineering Environmental engineering Euclidean geometry Evaporation Global warming Grasslands Grazing Indicators Infiltration Influence Mathematical models Mediterranean Region Migration Models, Theoretical Morphogenesis Mosaics Pattern formation Plant climatology Plants Precipitation Rain Rainfall Rainfall reliability Rainfall-climatic change relationships Runoff Semiarid zones Soil Soil water Spatial analysis Terrestrial ecosystems Vegetation Vegetation patterns Water availability Water resources
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