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SUBMITTER: Schaffer BE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030654 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schaffer Benjamin E BE Rodriguez-Iturbe Ignacio I
Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences 20180620 2214
In arid or semi-arid ecosystems, water availability is one of the primary controls on vegetation growth. When subsurface water resources are unavailable, the vegetation growth is dictated by the rainfall, and the random nature of the rainfall arrivals and quantities induces a probability distribution of soil moisture and vegetation biomass via the coupled dynamic equations of biomass balance and water balance. We have previously obtained an exact solution for these distributions under certain co ...[more]