Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems

By Sonia Kefi, M. Rietkerk, C. Alados, Y. Pueyo, Vasilios P. Papanastasis, Ahmed ElAich, P. C. Ruiter. Nature, 2007

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