“…Very few model studies, however, have been devoted to patterns that emerge at the single‐patch scale, such as spots, rings, crescent‐like shapes, and spirals, and to the biomass–water relationships associated with them (Couteron et al, ; Fernandez‐Oto, Escaff, & Cisternas, ; Meron, Yizhaq, & Gilad, ; Sheffer et al, ; Sheffer, Yizhaq, Gilad, Shachak, & Meron, ; Tlidi et al, ; Tlidi, Lefever, & Vladimirov, ). Model studies of self‐organized patchiness, at both the patch and landscape scales, are important for understanding the relationships among spatial heterogeneity, community structure, and ecosystem functioning (Nathan, Osem, Shachak, & Meron, ). In addition, field studies of patch formation are much more feasible at the single‐patch scale and can thus help in examining and explaining self‐organizing phenomena at larger spatial scales.…”