TY - CHAP
T1 - 12 Model studies of ecosystem engineering in plant communities
AU - Meron, Ehud
AU - Gilad, Erez
AU - von Hardenberg, Jost
AU - Provenzale, Antonello
AU - Shachak, Moshe
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Ariel Novoplansky, Efrat Sheffer, Yael Seligmann, Hezi Yizhaq, and Assaf Kletter for helpful discussions and comments. This research was supported by the James S. McDonnell Foundation, by the Israel Science Foundation, and by the Center for Complexity Science.
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - Using a spatially explicit mathematical model for water-limited vegetation we show that spatial instabilities of uniform states can lead to species coexistence under conditions where uniformly distributed species competitively exclude one another. Coexistence is made possible when water-rich patches formed by a pattern forming species provide habitats for a highly dispersive species that is a better competitor in uniform settings.
AB - Using a spatially explicit mathematical model for water-limited vegetation we show that spatial instabilities of uniform states can lead to species coexistence under conditions where uniformly distributed species competitively exclude one another. Coexistence is made possible when water-rich patches formed by a pattern forming species provide habitats for a highly dispersive species that is a better competitor in uniform settings.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957159721&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1875-306X(07)80014-1
DO - 10.1016/S1875-306X(07)80014-1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:77957159721
T3 - Theoretical Ecology Series
SP - 229
EP - 251
BT - Theoretical Ecology Series
PB - Elsevier
ER -