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Patch Formation

Patch Formation is the ecological process by which discrete, spatially distinct units of habitat or community structure emerge within a landscape due to disturbances, environmental heterogeneity, or species interactions, distinguished from other landscape dynamics by its focus on the initial development and spatial configuration of patches in heterogeneous systems.

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555

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278

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206

The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics.

Jonathan Proctor, Steward T. A. Pickett, P. S. White · Journal of Applied Ecology · 1986 · 4K citations

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Ecological Processes That Affect Populations in Complex Landscapes

John B. Dunning, Brent J. Danielson, H. Ronald Pulliam · Oikos · 1992 · 2K citations

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Intertidal Landscapes: Disturbance and the Dynamics of Pattern

Robert T. Paine, Simon A. Levin · Ecological Monographs · 1981 · 1.1K citations

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Disturbance, Patch Formation, and Community Structure

Simon A. Levin, Robert T. Paine · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1974 · 996 citations · Full text

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Regular and Irregular Patterns in Semiarid Vegetation

Christopher A. Klausmeier · Science · 1999 · 994 citations

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Authors

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  1. MT
    Mustapha Tlidi

    Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

    6 publications · 318 citations

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  2. MG
    Marcel G. Clerc

    University of Chile, Chile

    5 publications · 195 citations

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  3. JV
    Johan van de Koppel

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    5 publications · 356 citations

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  4. TJ
    Tjeerd J. Bouma

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    4 publications · 235 citations

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  5. ST
    Steward T. A. Pickett

    Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, United States

    4 publications · 5K citations

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Institutions

278

  1. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    739 citations

  2. University of Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    274 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    418 citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    695 citations

  5. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    507 citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    200 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Theoretical Biology

    8 publications · 468 citations

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  2. Ecological Modelling

    7 publications · 434 citations

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  3. Oikos

    7 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. Ecology

    7 publications · 626 citations

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  5. Journal of Ecology

    6 publications · 1.4K citations

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