Search Results - "d'Odorico, P."

Mathematical models of vegetation pattern formation in ecohydrology by Borgogno, F., D'Odorico, P., Laio, F., Ridolfi, L.

“…Highly organized vegetation patterns can be found in a number of landscapes around the world. In recent years, several authors have investigated the processes…”
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Stability and bistability of seagrass ecosystems in shallow coastal lagoons: Role of feedbacks with sediment resuspension and light attenuation by Carr, J., D'Odorico, P., McGlathery, K., Wiberg, P.

“…Shallow coastal lagoons are environments where a dynamic equilibrium exists between water quality and seagrass cover. Dense seagrass canopies limit the…”
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Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances by Wang, L, D'Odorico, P, Evans, J P, Eldridge, D J, McCabe, M F, Caylor, K K, King, E G

“…Drylands cover about 40% of the terrestrial land surface and account for approximately 40% of global net primary productivity. Water is fundamental to the…”
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Improving the performance of remote sensing models for capturing intra- and inter-annual variations in daily GPP: An analysis using global FLUXNET tower data by Verma, M., Friedl, M.A., Law, B.E., Bonal, D., Kiely, G., Black, T.A., Wohlfahrt, G., Moors, E.J., Montagnani, L., Marcolla, B., Toscano, P., Varlagin, A., Roupsard, O., Cescatti, A., Arain, M.A., D’Odorico, P.

“…•Monitoring of carbon cycle crucially rely on remote sensing-based models of GPP.•We examined the potential of five mechanisms for improving model…”
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Globalization of agricultural pollution due to international trade by O'Bannon, C, Carr, J, Seekell, DA, D'Odorico, P

“…Almost 90% of freshwater resources consumed globally are used to produce plant and animal commodities. Water-scarce countries can balance their water needs by…”
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A Multiscale, Hierarchical Model of Pulse Dynamics in Arid-Land Ecosystems by Collins, S.L, Belnap, J, Grimm, N.B, Rudgers, J.A, Dahm, C.N, D'Odorico, P, Litvak, M, Natvig, D.O, Peters, D.C, Pockman, W.T, Sinsabaugh, R.L, Wolf, B.O

“…Ecological processes in arid lands are often described by the pulse-reserve paradigm, in which rain events drive biological activity until moisture is…”
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Ecohydrology of water-controlled ecosystems by Porporato, A., D’Odorico, P., Laio, F., Ridolfi, L., Rodriguez-Iturbe, I.

“…Ecosystem dynamics in arid and semiarid climates are strongly dependent on the soil water availability which, in turn, is the result of a number of complex and…”
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Interannual variability of winter precipitation in the European Alps: relations with the North Atlantic Oscillation by Bartolini, E., Claps, P., D'Odorico, P.

“…The European Alps rely on winter precipitation for various needs in terms of hydropower and other water uses. Major European rivers originate from the Alps and…”
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Examining the linkage between shrub encroachment and recent greening in water-limited southern Africa by Saha, M. V, Scanlon, T. M, D'Odorico, P

“…There have been reports of widespread increases in satellite-derived vegetation indices in drylands across the globe. At the same time, there are numerous…”
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Biogeochemistry of dust sources in Southern Africa by Bhattachan, A., D'Odorico, P., Okin, G.S.

“…In Southern Africa, the Makgadikgadi Pan in Botswana and the Etosha Pan in Namibia are two of the major dust sources in the Southern Hemisphere. Dust from…”
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Biogeochemistry of Kalahari sands by Wang, L., D’Odorico, P., Ringrose, S., Coetzee, S., Macko, S.A.

“…The Kalahari sand sheet, with a 2.5-million ha area, is probably the largest continuous surface of sand in the world. The Kalahari Transect (KT) is one of a…”
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The geomorphic structure of the runoff peak by Rigon, R., D'Odorico, P., Bertoldi, G.

“…This paper develops a theoretical framework to investigate the core dependence of peak flows on the geomorphic properties of river basins. Based on the theory…”
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On the spatial and temporal links between vegetation, climate, and soil moisture by Rodriguez‐Iturbe, I., D'Odorico, P., Porporato, A., Ridolfi, L.

“…The impact of climate fluctuations can be observed in the dynamics of vegetation and most particularly in the sensitive environment of savannas. In this paper…”
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Understanding the role of ecohydrological feedbacks in ecosystem state change in drylands by Turnbull, L., Wilcox, B. P., Belnap, J., Ravi, S., D'Odorico, P., Childers, D., Gwenzi, W., Okin, G., Wainwright, J., Caylor, K. K., Sankey, T.

“…ABSTRACT Ecohydrological feedbacks are likely to be critical for understanding the mechanisms by which changes in exogenous forces result in ecosystem state…”
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Transient growth induces unexpected deterministic spatial patterns in the Turing process by Ridolfi, L, Camporeale, C, D'Odorico, P, Laio, F

“…Turing models are often invoked to explain spatial pattern formation in a number of physical, chemical and biological processes. Pattern occurrence is…”
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Coupled stochastic dynamics of water table and soil moisture in bare soil conditions by Ridolfi, L., D'Odorico, P., Laio, F., Tamea, S., Rodriguez‐Iturbe, I.

“…The soil water content plays a fundamental role in a number of important environmental processes, including those involved in the water cycle, vegetation…”
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Effect of rainfall interannual variability on the stability and resilience of dryland plant ecosystems by Borgogno, F, D'Odorico, P, Laio, F, Ridolfi, L

“…1 Positive feedbacks between vegetation and soil moisture may induce, in arid ecosystems, the emergence of two alternative stable states, corresponding to bare…”
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Stochastic soil moisture dynamics along a hillslope by Ridolfi, L., D'Odorico, P., Porporato, A., Rodriguez-Iturbe, I.

“…The spatial and temporal dynamics of soil water content along a hillslope is the result of a number of complex and mutually interacting processes. This paper…”
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Preferential states of seasonal soil moisture: The impact of climate fluctuations by D'Odorico, P., Ridolfi, L., Porporato, A., Rodriguez‐Iturbe, I.

“…The impact of climate fluctuations on the dynamics of soil moisture is studied through a stochastic model of soil water balance. The analysis focuses on the…”
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Isotope composition and anion chemistry of soil profiles along the Kalahari Transect by Wang, L., D'Odorico, P., Okin, G.S., Macko, S.A.

“…Savannas cover about 20% of the Earth's land area across a wide range of climatic conditions. As an important and distinct biome, savannas produce…”
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