Spatial patterns of tree yield explained by endogenous forces through a correspondence between the Ising model and ecology [Physics]

Spatial patterning of periodic dynamics is a dramatic and ubiquitous ecological phenomenon arising in systems ranging from diseases to plants to mammals. The degree to which spatial correlations in cyclic dynamics are the result of endogenous factors related to local dynamics vs. exogenous forcing has been one of the central...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - February 20, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Andrew E. Noble, Todd S. Rosenstock, Patrick H. Brown, Jonathan Machta, Alan Hastings Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research