In dryland ecosystems, increased environmental stress often triggers a change from a uniform vegetation cover to patchy ...

Spatial point processes constitute a fundamental statistical framework for modelling the spatial distribution of events across a continuum. This field bridges theoretical developments in probability ...

The reason why so many tree species can coexist in species-rich forests has long been a subject of debate in ecology. This question is key to understanding the mechanisms governing the dynamics and ...

Maxim Lavrentovich receives funding from the National Science Foundation. The reason patterns often appear in nature is simple: The same basic physical or chemical processes occur in many patterned ...

Figure 1 shows the distribution of deaths for 11 hazard categories as a percent of total hazard deaths from 1970 - 2004. Heat/drought ranks highest among these hazard categories causing 19.6% of total ...