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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.06.008 |
Why do plants in resource-derived environments form rings? | |
Sheffer, E.; Yizhaq, H.; Gilad, E.; Shachak, M.; Meron, E. | |
通讯作者 | Sheffer, E. |
来源期刊 | ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY |
ISSN | 1476-945X |
EISSN | 1476-9840 |
出版年 | 2007 |
卷号 | 4期号:4页码:192-200 |
英文摘要 | We report on a combined theoretical-experimental study of ring formation by plant species in water-limited systems. We explored, under controlled laboratory conditions, the relationships between water regime and ring formation using a small perennial grass, Poa bulbosa L., as a model species. Our experimental studies show that ring-shaped patches are formed as a result of differential biomass growth across the patches, in spite of uniform water supply. The theoretical studies were based on a mathematical model for vegetation pattern formation that captures feedback processes between biomass growth and water exploitation. Our model studies reproduce the experimental findings and predict that spots destabilize to form rings in species whose lateral root augmentation per unit biomass growth is sufficiently small. This finding explains why rings in nature are formed by dense clonal plants. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | ring vegetation pattern formation water-limited systems poa bulbosa central die-back L |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Israel |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000250472100004 |
WOS关键词 | BUNCHGRASS ERAGROSTIS-CURVULA ; CENTRAL DIEBACK ; REYNOUTRIA-JAPONICA ; BANDED VEGETATION ; PATTERN-FORMATION ; GRAZING SYSTEMS ; CLONAL SEDGE ; MOUNT-FUJI ; DYNAMICS ; DESERT |
WOS类目 | Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
来源机构 | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/153980 |
作者单位 | (1)Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Desert Ecol, Blaustein Inst Desert Res, IL-84990 Sede Boqer, Israel;(2)Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Phys, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sheffer, E.,Yizhaq, H.,Gilad, E.,et al. Why do plants in resource-derived environments form rings?[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,2007,4(4):192-200. |
APA | Sheffer, E.,Yizhaq, H.,Gilad, E.,Shachak, M.,&Meron, E..(2007).Why do plants in resource-derived environments form rings?.ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY,4(4),192-200. |
MLA | Sheffer, E.,et al."Why do plants in resource-derived environments form rings?".ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY 4.4(2007):192-200. |
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