Implications of the spatial dynamics of fire spread for the bistability of savanna and forest

DOI10.1007/s00285-014-0757-zzbMath1309.92081OpenAlexW2003628106WikidataQ46927359 ScholiaQ46927359MaRDI QIDQ2512936

A. C. Staver, Emmanuel Schertzer, Simon A. Levin

Publication date: 2 February 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-014-0757-z

zbMATH Keywords

percolationtheoretical ecologyfire-vegetation feedbackssavanna-forest bistability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Ecology (92D40)

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