Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 198-204 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Theoretical Biology |
| Volume | 335 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 21 Oct 2013 |
Keywords
- Competitive exclusion
- Mathematical modeling
- Species coexistence
- Species competition
- Vegetation patterns
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability
- Modeling and Simulation
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Immunology and Microbiology
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Applied Mathematics
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