Vegetation patterns and ecosystem resilience: Why their relationship status is 'complicated'

In dryland ecosystems, increased environmental stress often triggers a change from a uniform vegetation cover to patchy ...
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Why imperfection could be key to Turing patterns in nature

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...