Interaction network based early-warning indicators of vegetation transitions

Giulio Tirabassi; Jan Viebahn; V. Dakos; Hendrik Dijkstra; C. Masoller; Max Rietkerk; Stefan Dekker

doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.06.004

Interaction network based early-warning indicators of vegetation transitions

Giulio Tirabassi, Jan Viebahn, V. Dakos, Hendrik Dijkstra, C. Masoller, Max Rietkerk, Stefan Dekker

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Changes in vegetation patterns in semi-arid regions can precede the abrupt transition to bare soil. Here, complex network techniques are used to develop novel early-warning indicators for these desertification transitions. These indicators are applied to results from a local positive feedback vegetation model and are compared to classical indicators, such as the autocorrelation and variance of biomass time series. A quantitative measure is also introduced to evaluate the quality of the early-warning indicators. Based on this measure, the network-based indicators are superior to the classical ones, being more sensitive to the presence of the transition point.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	148–157
Number of pages	10
Journal	Ecological Complexity
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.06.004
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Desertification
Early-warning indicators
Networks
Catastrophic transitions

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