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ArticlePNAS nexus2023

Evidence for scale-dependent root-antation feedback and its role in halting the spread of a pantropical shrub into an endemic sedge.

Jamie J R Bennett, Anabele S Gomes, Michel A Ferré, Bidesh K Bera, Fabian Borghetti, Ragan M Callaway, Ehud Meron

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. How spatial patterns can lead to less resilient ecosystems.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  4. Can spatial self-organization inhibit evolutionary adaptation?Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025
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  5. Phenotypic plasticity: A missing element in the theory of vegetation pattern formation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jamie J R BennettDepartment of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 8499000, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9748-5010
Anabele S GomesDepartment of Botany, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil.
Michel A FerréDepartment of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 8499000, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8040-0017
Bidesh K BeraDepartment of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 8499000, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1601-7600
Fabian BorghettiDepartment of Botany, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-265X
Ragan M CallawayDepartment of Wildlife Biology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Ehud MeronDepartment of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 8499000, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3602-7411

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vegetation pattern formation is a widespread phenomenon in resource-limited environments, but the driving mechanisms are largely unconfirmed empirically. Combining results of field studies and mathematical modeling, empirical evidence for a generic pattern-formation mechanism is demonstrated with the clonal shrub

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mathematical modelingpatchy invasionshrubland–grassland systemsvegetation pattern formation

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PMID36733292
PMCPMC9887939

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