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On the repulsive interaction between localised vegetation patches in scarce environments

par Berríos-Caro, Ernesto;Clerc, Marcel Gabriel;Escaff, Daniel;Sandivari, C.;Tlidi, Mustapha
Référence Scientific reports, 10, 1, 5740
Publication Publié, 2020-12

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Fragmentation followed by desertification in water-limited resources and/or nutrient-poor ecosystems is a major risk to the biological productivity of vegetation. By using the vegetation interaction-redistribution model, we analyse the interaction between localised vegetation patches. Here we show analytically and numerically that the interaction between two or more patches is always repulsive. As a consequence, only a single localised vegetation patch is stable, and other localised bounded states or clusters of them are unstable. Following this, we discuss the impact of the repulsive nature of the interaction on the formation and the selection of vegetation patterns in fragmented ecosystems.