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(a)
(b)
(c)
Figure 5.2. Example of aerial photographs showing vegetation patterns (spots):
(a) Zambia (15
◦
38
S, 22
◦
46
E), (b) Australia (15
◦
43
S, 133
◦
10
E), (c) Australia
(16
◦
14
S, 133
◦
10
E). Google Earth imagery c
Google Inc. Used with permission.
Barbier et al.
,
2006
), the stability and resilience of dryland ecosystems (
Rietkerk
et al.
,
2002
;
van de Koppel and Rietkerk
,
2004
), and the landscape's susceptibility to
desertification under different climate drivers and management conditions (e.g.,
von
Hardenberg et al.
,
2001
;
D'Odorico et al.
,
2006a
).
Figure 5.3. Example of braiding river: Slims River in Kluane National Park, Yukon,
Canada. Used with permission.
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