Positive-feedback Switches in Plant Communities

1992/01/01 by J. Bastow Wilson, A. D. Q. Agnew, Andrew D.Q. Agnew · 507 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology #Biology #Boundary (topology) #Cartography #Computer science #Disturbance (geology) #Ecological succession #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Geography #Geology #Geomorphology #Mathematics #Plant and animal studies #Plant community #Process (computing) #Scale (ratio) #Vegetation (pathology)

paper · doi:10.1016/s0065-2504(08)60149-x

published in Advances in Ecological Research, 263-336 (Elsevier)

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