Evidence of scale-free clusters of vegetation in tropical rainforests
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| author | Villegas, Pablo Gili, Tommaso Caldarelli, Guido Gabrielli, Andrea |
| author_facet | Villegas, Pablo Gili, Tommaso Caldarelli, Guido Gabrielli, Andrea |
| contents | Tropical rainforests exhibit a rich repertoire of spatial patterns emerging from the intricate relationship between the microscopic interaction between species. In particular, the distribution of vegetation clusters can shed much light on the underlying process regulating the ecosystem. Analyzing the distribution of vegetation clusters at different resolution scales, we show the first robust evidence of scale-invariant clusters of vegetation, suggesting the coexistence of multiple intertwined scales in the collective dynamics of tropical rainforests. We use field data and computational simulations to confirm our hypothesis, proposing a predictor that could be particularly interesting to monitor the ecological resilience of the world's 'green lungs'. |
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| spellingShingle | Evidence of scale-free clusters of vegetation in tropical rainforests Villegas, Pablo Gili, Tommaso Caldarelli, Guido Gabrielli, Andrea Statistical Mechanics Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Populations and Evolution Tropical rainforests exhibit a rich repertoire of spatial patterns emerging from the intricate relationship between the microscopic interaction between species. In particular, the distribution of vegetation clusters can shed much light on the underlying process regulating the ecosystem. Analyzing the distribution of vegetation clusters at different resolution scales, we show the first robust evidence of scale-invariant clusters of vegetation, suggesting the coexistence of multiple intertwined scales in the collective dynamics of tropical rainforests. We use field data and computational simulations to confirm our hypothesis, proposing a predictor that could be particularly interesting to monitor the ecological resilience of the world's 'green lungs'. |
| title | Evidence of scale-free clusters of vegetation in tropical rainforests |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Populations and Evolution |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.05917 |