Clonal plants reproduce by generating new plants from a piece of an existing one without the need of producing seeds or spores. They form a whole family of plants, including terrestrial and marine species . However, the specific features of clonal growth are not taken into account in prototypical models to study vegetation patterns. On the other hand, including all details leads to a rather complicated model. Here we propose a generic model that includes all main clonal-growth features and reproduces the phase diagram of a fully detailed model  . The relation of each term of the model with the mechanisms of clonal growth is discussed.
Vegetation patterns, a natural phenomenon observed worldwide, are typically driven by spatially distributed feedback . However, the spatial colonization mechanisms of clonal plants, driven by the growth of a rhizome, are usually not considered in prototypical models . Here we propose a general equation for the vegetation density that includes all main clonal-growth features as well as the essential ingredients leading to spatial URLanization. This generic model reproduces the phase diagram of a fully detailed model of clonal growth . The relation of each term of the model with the mechanisms of clonal growth is discussed.
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Clonal plants reproduce by generating new plants from a piece of an existing one without the need of producing seeds or spores. They form a whole family of plants, including terrestrial and marine species
Vegetation patterns, a natural phenomenon observed worldwide, are typically driven by spatially distributed feedback
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specific features of clonal growth are not taken into account
spatial colonization mechanisms of clonal plants, driven by the growth of a rhizome, are usually not considered
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to study vegetation patterns. On the other hand, including all details leads to a rather complicated model.
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generic model
general equation for the vegetation density
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as well as the essential ingredients leading to spatial URLanization. This generic model
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of clonal growth