Adaptive self-organization of Bali's ancient rice terraces

• Main Authors: Lansing, J. Stephen, Thurner, Stefan, Chung, Ning Ning, Coudurier-Curveur, Aurélie, Karakaş, Çağil, Fesenmyer, Kurt A., Chew, Lock Yue
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2020
• 主題: Science::Geology; Self-organization; Criticality
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137256

Spatial patterning often occurs in ecosystems as a result of a self-organizing process caused by feedback between organisms and the physical environment. Here, we show that the spatial patterns observable in centuries-old Balinese rice terraces are also created by feedback between farmers' deci...