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Record W1990357183 · doi:10.3402/tellusb.v57i3.16542

Vegetation–soil water interaction within a dynamical ecosystem model of grassland in semi-arid areas

2005· article· en· W1990357183 on OpenAlexafffund
Xiaodong Zeng, Samuel S. P. Shen, Robert E. Dickinson, Qing-cun Zeng

Bibliographic record

VenueTellus B · 2005
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicEcosystem dynamics and resilience
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
FundersNatural Science Foundation of Inner MongoliaMitacs
KeywordsGrasslandEnvironmental scienceAridBiomass (ecology)Vegetation (pathology)EcosystemPrecipitationAlternative stable stateHydrology (agriculture)Water contentEcologyGeographyGeology

Abstract

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A dynamical ecosystem model with three variables, living biomass, wilted biomass and available soil wetness, isdeveloped to examine the vegetation—soil water interaction in semi-arid areas. The governing equations are based onthe mass conservation law. The physical and biophysical processes are formulated with the parameters estimated fromobservational data. Both numerical results and qualitative analysis of the model as well as observational data indicate thatthe maintenance of a grassland requires a minimum precipitation (or equivalently, a minimum moisture index), and thegrassland and desert ecosystem can coexist when precipitation is within a range above this threshold. Sensitivity studiesshow that these numerical results are robust with respect to model parameters and the transformation functions. It isalso found that the wilted vegetation plays a very important role in shaping the transition between grassland and desert.By using the theories of an attractor basin and multiple equilibrium states, the conditions for grassland maintenance andthe strategy of grazing are also analysed.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.013
Threshold uncertainty score0.025

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.206
Teacher spread0.200 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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Published2005
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