par Lejeune, Olivier ;Tlidi, Mustapha ;Couteron, Pierre
Référence Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 66, page (010901)
Publication Publié, 2002
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : We show that spatial self-organization allows vegetation to survive greater resource limitation. Isolated vegetation patches observed in nutrient-poor territories of South America and West Africa are interpreted as localized structures arising from the bistability between the bare state and the patchy vegetation state.