The shaping role of self-organization: linking vegetation patterning, plant traits and ecosystem functioning

Stochastic Turing patterns in a synthetic bacterial population

(2018) David Karig et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bridging Scales: Allometric Random Walks Link Movement and Biodiversity Research

(2018) Myriam R. Hirt et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A theoretical foundation for multi-scale regular vegetation patterns

(2017) Corina E. Tarnita et al.   NATURE

Behavioral self-organization underlies the resilience of a coastal ecosystem

(2017) Hélène de Paoli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light-mediated self-organization of sunflower stands increases oil yield in the field

(2017) Mónica López Pereira et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Decision-making in plants under competition

(2017) Michal Gruntman et al.   Nature Communications

Phase separation driven by density-dependent movement: A novel mechanism for ecological patterns

(2016) Quan-Xing Liu et al.   Physics of Life Reviews

Discovery of fairy circles in Australia supports self-organization theory

(2016) Stephan Getzin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A keystone mutualism underpins resilience of a coastal ecosystem to drought

(2016) Christine Angelini et al.   Nature Communications

Local Facilitation May Cause Tipping Points on a Landscape Level Preceded by Early-Warning Indicators

(2015) Chi Xu et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Can we infer plant facilitation from remote sensing? a test across global drylands

(2015) Chi Xu et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Facilitation shifts paradigms and can amplify coastal restoration efforts

(2015) Brian R. Silliman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Foundation species' overlap enhances biodiversity and multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale in southeastern United States salt marshes

(2015) Christine Angelini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Termite mounds can increase the robustness of dryland ecosystems to climatic change

(2015) J. A. Bonachela et al.   SCIENCE

Orientation of Turing-like Patterns by Morphogen Gradients and Tissue Anisotropies

(2015) Tom W. Hiscock et al.   Cell Systems

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

(2014) David Tilman et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Pattern formation at multiple spatial scales drives the resilience of mussel bed ecosystems

(2014) Quan-Xing Liu et al.   Nature Communications

An approximate solution to the flow field on vegetated intertidal platforms: Applicability and limitations

(2014) T. Van Oyen et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE

Phase separation explains a new class of self-organized spatial patterns in ecological systems

(2013) Q.-X. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Biological Underpinnings of Namib Desert Fairy Circles

(2013) N. Juergens   SCIENCE

Ecosystem Engineering by Seagrasses Interacts with Grazing to Shape an Intertidal Landscape

(2012) Tjisse van der Heide et al.   PLoS One

Alternative mechanisms alter the emergent properties of self-organization in mussel beds

(2012) Q.-X. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hox Genes Regulate Digit Patterning by Controlling the Wavelength of a Turing-Type Mechanism

(2012) R. Sheth et al.   SCIENCE

Changes in diatom patch-size distribution and degradation in a spatially self-organized intertidal mudflat ecosystem

(2011) E. J. Weerman et al.   ECOLOGY

Abiotic Factors Governing the Establishment and Expansion of Two Salt Marsh Plants in the Yangtze Estuary, China

(2011) Christian Schwarz et al.   WETLANDS

Spatial self-organized patterning in seagrasses along a depth gradient of an intertidal ecosystem

(2010) Tjisse van der Heide et al.   ECOLOGY

Periodic versus scale-free patterns in dryland vegetation

(2010) J. von Hardenberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Spatial Pattern Enhances Ecosystem Functioning in an African Savanna

(2010) Robert M. Pringle et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Partitioning the turnover and nestedness components of beta diversity

(2009) Andrés Baselga   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Deadly competition between sibling bacterial colonies

(2009) A. Be'er et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mathematical models of vegetation pattern formation in ecohydrology

(2009) F. Borgogno et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

ON ESTIMATING THE EXPONENT OF POWER-LAW FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS

(2008) Ethan P. White et al.   ECOLOGY

Experimental Evidence for Spatial Self-Organization and Its Emergent Effects in Mussel Bed Ecosystems

(2008) J. van de Koppel et al.   SCIENCE

Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems

(2008) Max Rietkerk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Does scale-dependent feedback explain spatial complexity in salt-marsh ecosystems?

(2007) Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck et al.   OIKOS