Axel Kleidon

Lecture 1

Presentation & Streaming Video

Papers

Kleidon A., 2010, Life, hierarchy, and the thermodynamic machinery of planet Earth, Elsevier - Physics of Life Reviews 7 , pp 424-460, doi:10.1016/j.plrev.2010.10.002

Kleidon A., 2012, How does the Earth system generate and maintain thermodynamic disequilibrium and what does it imply for the future of the planet?, The Royal Society - Philosophical Transactions A 370, pp. 1012–1040, doi:10.1098/rsta.2011.0316

Lecture 2

Presentation & Streaming Video

Papers

Dyke J. G., F. Gans, and A. Kleidon, 2011, Towards understanding how surface life can affect interior geological processes: a non-equilibrium thermodynamics approach, Earth System Dynaics 2, pp. 139–160, doi:10.5194/esd-2-139-2011 (Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union)

Kleidon A., K. Fraedrich, T. Kunz, and F. Lunkeit, 2003, The atmospheric circulation and states of maximum entropy production, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 30, NO. 23, 2223, doi:10.1029/2003GL018363

Lorenz R. D., 2002, Planets, life and the production of entropy, International Journal of Astrobiology 1 (1), pp 3–13, Cambridge University Press (Printed in the United Kingdom) doi: 10.1017S1473550402001027

Lorenz R. D., J. I. Lunine, P. G. Withers, and C. P. McKay, 2001, Titan, Mars and Earth' Entropy Production by Latitudinal Heat Transport, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 28, NO. 3, pp. 415-418

Porada P., A. Kleidon, and S. J. Schymanski, 2011, Entropy production of soil hydrological processes and its maximisation, Earth System Dynamics  2, pp. 179–190, doi:10.5194/esd-2-179-2011 (Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union)

Lecture 3

Presentation & Streaming Video

Paper

Kleidon A., E. Zehe, U. Ehret, and U. Scherer, 2012, Thermodynamics, maximum power, and the dynamics of preferential river flow structures on continents, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussion 9,  pp. 1–62, doi:10.5194/hessd-9-1-2012

Lecture  4

Presentation & Streaming Video

Papers

Gans F., L. M. Miller, and A. Kleidon, 2012, The problem of the second wind turbine – a note on a common but flawed wind power estimation method, Earth System Dynamics  3, pp. 1–8, doi:10.5194/esd-3-1-2012 (Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union)

Kleidon A., 2006, The climate sensitivity to human appropriation of vegetation productivity and its thermodynamic characterization, Elsevier- Global and Planetary Change 54, pp. 109–127,  doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.01.016

Miller L. M., F. Gans, and A. Kleidon, 2011, Estimating maximum global land surface wind power extractability and associated climatic consequences, Earth System Dynamics 2, pp. 1–12, doi:10.5194/esd-2-1-2011,  (Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union)

Ehud Meron

Lecture 1

Presentation & Streaming Video

Paper

E. Meron, 2008, Lecture Notes on Pattern Formation with Applications to Ecology

Lecture 2

Presentation & Streaming Video

Papers

Von Hardenberg J., E. Meron, M. Shachak, and Y. Zarmi1, 2001, Diversity of Vegetation Patterns and Desertification, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 87, No. 19, (by The American Physical Society), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.198101

E. Gilad, J. on Hardenberg J., A. Provenzale, M. Shachak, and E. Meron, 2004, Ecosystem Engineers: From Pattern Formation to Habitat Creation, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 93, No. 9, (Publisched by The American Physical Society) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.098105

Gilada E., J. von Hardenbergc, A. Provenzalec, M. Shachake, and E. Meron, 2007, A mathematical model of plants as ecosystem engineers, Elsevier - Journal of Theoretical Biology, N. 244, pp. 680–691, doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.08.006

Von Hardenberg J., A. Y. Kletter, H. Yizhaq, J. Nathan, and E. Meron, 2010, Periodic versus scale-free patterns in dryland vegetation, Proceedings of The Royal Society - Biological Sciences, No. 277, pp. 1771-1776, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2208

E. Meron, 2011, Modeling Dryland Landscapes, Math. Model. Nat. Phenom., Vol. 6, No. 1, 2011, pp. 163-187, doi: 10.1051/mmnp/20116109

Ehud Meron, 2012, Pattern-formation approach to modelling spatially extended ecosystems, Elsevier - Ecological Modelling, No. 234 pp. 70– 82, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.05.035


Lecture 3

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Paper

Gilada E.,M. Shachakc, and E. Meron, 2007, Dynamics and spatial organization of plant communities in water-limited systems, Elsevier - Theoretical Population Biology, No. 72 pp. 214–230, doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2007.05.002


Lecture 4

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Papers

Manor R., A. Hagberg, and E. Meron, 2008, Wave-number locking in spatially forced pattern-forming systems, EPL, No. 83, 10005 pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/83/10005

Bel G., A. Hagberg, and E. Meron, 2011, Gradual regime shifts in spatially extended ecosystems, Springer - Theor Ecol, doi 10.1007/s12080-011-0149-6, published with open access at Springerlink.com

Working group

Paper

Gilada E., M. Shachakc, and E. Meron, 2007, Dynamics and spatial organization of plant communities in water-limited systems, Elsevier - Theoretical Population Biology, No. 72, pp. 214–230, doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2007.05.002

Lecture notes

Low-Dimensional Dynamical Systems: B. Basic instabilities, Pattern Formation and Spatial Ecology, 001-2-4022, Spring 2007, AKIS-BGU

Low-Dimensional Dynamical Systems: C. Instabilities in two-dimensional systems I, Pattern Formation and Spatial Ecology, 001-2-4022, Spring 2007, AKIS-BGU

Low-Dimensional Dynamical Systems: D. Instabilities in two-dimensional systems II, Pattern Formation and Spatial Ecology, 001-2-4022, Spring 2007, AKIS-BGU

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Hank Shugart

Lecture 1

Presentation A & Streaming Video; Presentation B & Streaming Video

Papers A

Shugart H. H. and W. R. Emanuel, 1985, Carbon dioxide increase: the implications at the ecosystem level, Plant, Cell and Environment  8, 381-386

Harrison E. A. and H. H. Shugart, 1990, Evaluating Performance of an Appalachian Oak Forest Dynamics Model, Vegetatio, Vol. 86, No. 1 Published by: Springer

Papers B

Shugart H. H. and D. C. West, 1977, Development of an Appalachian Deciduous Forest Succession Model and its Application to Assessment of the impact of the Chestnut Blight, Journal of Environmental Management  Vol. 5, pp. 161-179

Shugart H. H., 1980, The Development of a Succession Model for Subtropical Rain Forest and its Application to Assess the Effects of Timber Harvest at Wiangaree State Forest, New South Wales, Blight, Journal of Environmental Management , Vol. 11, pp. 243-265

Xiaodong Y. and H. H. Shugart, 2005, FAREAST: a forest gap model to simulate dynamics and patterns of eastern Eurasian forests, Journal of Biogeography (J. Biogeogr.) 32, 1641–1658

Shugart H. H. and F. I. Woodward, 2011, Global Change and the Terrestrial Biosphere – Achievements and Challenges, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Chapter 5


Lecture 2

Presentation A; Presentation B; Streaming Video

Papers A

Watt A. S., 1947, Pattern and Process in the Plant Community, The Journal of Ecology, Vol. 35, No. 1/2 pp. 1-22 Published by: British Ecological Society

Shugart H. H., How the Earthquake Got Its Name and Other Tales of an Unbalanced Nature, Yale University Press New Haven& London, Chapter 2

Papers B

Moorcroft P. R., G. C. Hurtt, and S. W. Pacala, 2001, A method for scaling vegetation dynamics: the Ecosystem Demography Model (ED), Ecological Society of America, Ecological Monographs, Vol. 71(4), pp. 557–586

Lefsky M. A., 2010, A global forest canopy height map from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 37, L15401, doi:10.1029/2010GL043622

Shugart H. H., S. Saatchi, and F. G. Hall, 2010, Importance of structure and its measurement in quantifying function of forest ecosystems, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, G00E13, doi:10.1029/2009JG000993

Lecture 3

Presentation A & Streaming Video; Presentation B & Streaming Video

Papers A

Tansley A. G., 1935, The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts and Terms, Ecology, Vol. 16, Issue 3, 284-307, The Ecological Society of America

Shugart H. H., How the Earthquake Got Its Name and Other Tales of an Unbalanced Nature, Yale University Press New Haven& London, Chapter 5

Paper B

West D. C. , S. B. Mc Laughlin, and H. H. Shugart, 1980, Simulated Forest Response to Chronic Air Pollution Stress,  Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 9 pp 43-49

Lecture 4

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Papers

Smith T. M. and H. H.  Shugart, 1993, The transient response of terrestrial carbon storage to a perturbed  climate, Nature, Vol. 361 pp. 523-526, Letters to Nature, Nature Publishing Group

Shuman J. K., H. H. Shugart, and T. L. O'Halloran, 2011, Sensitivity of Siberian larch forests to climate change, Global Change Biology , Vol. 17, pp. 2370–2384, Blackwell Publishing Ltd , doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02417.x