Abstract:Ecosystems are complex systems and are characterised by positive and negative feedbacks between the abiotic and biotic components. The response of an ecosystem to its environment can be determined by examining state diagrams, which are plots of the state variable as a function of the environmental driver. For instance, tree cover as a function of rainfall is widely used to characterise vegetation patterns. Previous studies have shown that tree cover shows bimodal distributions for intermediate rainfall regimes… Show more
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